The Archaeology of Prague and the Medieval Czech Lands, 1100-1600
by Jan Klapste
Hardback (Published)
(April 2016)
ISBN: 9781845536336
7.4 x 9.69 inches
Price: $110.00
In stock
This book offers the first comprehensive picture of medieval archaeology of the Czech Lands available in English. As it assembles the main topics of current archaeological research, it establishes the key issues of its methodology. The topics cover the rural and urban milieu, secular power supports (castles, manors etc.), and monastic houses and parish churches. Special attention is given to technology, craft, industry (including mining archaeology and glass production), housing culture and daily life across the social strata. One of the fascinating features is the artifactual presentation of two competing religions; Catholicism and Hussitism. Czech medieval archaeology reveals new details of Jewish everyday life, and the story of the Anabaptists and their Central European crafts heritage.
This book offers the first comprehensive picture of medieval archaeology of the Czech Lands available in English. As it assembles the main topics of current archaeological research, it establishes the key issues of its methodology. The topics cover the rural and urban milieu, secular power supports (castles, manors etc.), and monastic houses and parish churches. Special attention is given to technology, craft, industry (including mining archaeology and glass production), housing culture and daily life across the social strata. One of the fascinating features is the artefactual presentation of two competing religions; Catholicism and Hussitism. Czech medieval archaeology reveals new details of Jewish everyday life, and the story of the Anabaptists and their Central European crafts heritage. The achievements of contemporary Czech medieval archaeology are well documented while the text ventures on an archaeological journey through the medieval Czech Kingdom: from Prague up to its forgotten rural environment. The primary intention is to piece together the past and illustrate the position of the Czech Lands between the gradual process of medieval transformation (13th century) and early modern transition (16th century). The nine thematic chapters of this work contain an array of boxed texts by specialized researchers, highlighting the themes of particular importance. The entire book is illustrated by figures which have been until now practically unknown in the European context.
- By (author) Jan Klapste
"Well written and richly illustrated. This book will offer a new and unique opportunity for an international audience to engage with the medieval archaeology of Europe from a more holistic perspective." - Dr. Hajnalka Herold, Department of Archaeology, University of Exeter "This is an important work for medieval archaeologists as it is the first comprehensive account in English on medieval archaeology in the present-day Czech Republic. [...] The book is well illustrated with plans and reconstructions, of which many have been produced specially for this publication. It is an important work for anyone interested in the medieval archaeology of Central Europe." --Hans Krongaard Kristensen, University of Aarhus, The Medieval Review 17.07.09 "...The book represents a project that was carefully and intricately planned, highly original in the method of presentation and exquisitely documented, containing a total of 140 figures -- maps, site photographs, reconstructions or feature plans -- all of which are profoundly relevant to points made in the text. [...] Klapste's book is truly a highly valuable addition to the literature published in English on the archaeology of medieval East Central Europe. Anyone with an interest in medieval archaeology and history will find it a rich source of information with many new insights." --Florin Curta, University of Florida, Medieval Archaeology 2017, Vol. 61
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