"Replacing an Eagle with a Lion": Reconstruction of the Symbolic Images of the Nation-State Identity in Bohemian Lands after 1918.

Abstract

The chapter describes the changes in the development of the attitudes of the Czech and Slovak society towards monuments and symbols of the old empire and its nationalities. In particular, it looks at continuities and ruptures around 1918.

Keywords

• Symbols
• Memorials
• Statues
• Continuities
• Ruptures
• Bohemia
• Slovakia
• Czechoslovak Republic