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The beginnings of the activity of the Cistercian abbots Dietrich, Heidenreich and Konrad at the court of Wenceslas II

Publication at Faculty of Education |
2015

Abstract

The article deals with two topics. In the firs part, it follows the personnel policy of the Cistercian Order in Bohemia, using the examples of the monasteries of the order's line coming from the monastery of Waldsassen, on which he shows how this policy was systematic.

In the second part, the text deals with the question of whether the abbots Dietrich of Waldsassen, Heidenreich of Sedlec, Konrad of Zbraslav came to the court of Wenceslas II at the end of 1280s to support Habsburg interests here.