Great stories in czech history
A World Apart and Other Stories
Elektronická kniha A World Apart and Other Stories:“It grew dark and a mist spread over the countryside like a curtain. We were at the Bohemian border. Customs control, shouting, the din of the station, and finally the train moved on with a monotonous drone.<br> ‘It was right here that I met Teresa Elinson,’ Marta said, in the corner of the cozy compartment.<br> I replied: ‘Who is Teresa Elinson? I don’t remember you ever mentioning her.’<br> ‘No, never. It was a kind of ad...
The Irish Franciscans in Prague 1629-1786
Elektronická kniha The Irish Franciscans in Prague 1629-1786:At the end of the sixteenth century, Queen Elizabeth I forced the Irish Franciscans into exile. Of the four continental provinces to which the Irish Franciscans fled, the Prague Franciscan College of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary was the largest in its time. This monograph documents this intense point of contact between two small European lands, Ireland and Bohemia. The Irish exiles changed the course of Bohemian his...
Tales of Old Prague Houses - Magdalena Wagnerová
The air of times long past; the strong walls from bygone centuries; narrow portals; a host of house signs and a wealth of architectural styles: these are the houses of old Prague. Small palaces are full of great secrets, the stories hidden inside their walls having long helped shape the city’s haracter and made it ever more popular. The magic of the Faust House; the Cubist beauty of the House of the Black Madonna; mysterious events connected with Sova’s Mills; tales from the former prison in th...
Newton: Kosmos, Bios, Logos
Elektronická kniha Newton: Kosmos, Bios, Logos:Irena Štěpánová in this book explores Isaac Newton’s engagement with ancient wisdom, the Hexameral tradition, Hermeticism, theology, alchemy as well as natural philosophy. In so doing, she brings together the established historiography with her own new insights. Štěpánová’s study is more than a study of Newton’s thought, for it contains a good deal of background on ancient (e.g., Hermeticism) and early modern thought (e.g., the Cambridge Platoni...