Publication at Faculty of Arts |
2016
Abstract
The paper reveals a specific trajectory found within the literature written in Medieval Bohemia and shows how 14th-century Old Czech texts build on their Latin and German hypotexts to portray the forest as a space destined for exploitation, focusing on images of disafforestation, agricultural cultivation and settlement. Comparisons are made between Kosmas' Chronicle of the Czechs and the Dalimil Chronicle, between different versions of the Saint Procopius legend, the Saint Wenceslas legend, between Tristram and Izalda and its German sources, and finally between the Old Czech and the Latin Bible.