Abstract
The article looks at how such emotions as joy and grief are represented in Bohemian folk chronicles, namely texts of a historiographic character, written by peasants. At the core of our analysis is the most famous work of this kind, Paměti Františka Jana Vaváka z let 1770-1816 [Memoirs of František Jan Vavák 1770-1816].
Other writings from the turn of the 19th century are also considered.