„Pro remedio anime fratris mei...“ Několik poznámek ke zbožnosti české šlechty vrcholného středověku (original) (raw)

In this study the author considers the phenomenon of piety and the belief in the possibility of influencing posthumous salvation among the members of the medieval elite in the high-medieval Czech lands and the question of to what extent personal piety merged with their pragmatic-economic decision-making. It shows that economic, memorial, prestigious and religious activities did not mutually disturb one another in the mentality of medieval man, and during the 13th century the Bohemian and Moravian secular elites became more concerned about the afterlife of the soul and its salvation.