Geschichte von Böhmen - Volume 3

A Highly Influential Czech Historian And Politician Frantiek Palack (17981876) Became In 1825 The First Editor Of The Journal Of The Bohemian Museum A Key Cultural Institution In The Development Of Czech Nationalism. He Was Actively Involved In The Nineteenth-Century Czech National Revival Helping Also To Found The Czech National Theatre. Entering Politics In 1848 He Served As President Of The Prague Slavic Congress And Later Became A Member Of The Austrian Senate As A Supporter Of Greater Czech Autonomy. In This Extensive Work Comprising Ten Separate Parts Published In German Between 1836 And 1867 Palack Gives A Detailed Account Of Bohemian History Until 1526. It Remains An Important And Ambitious Feat Of Scholarship Still Relevant To Students Of Central European History. The Third Part Of Volume 3 (1854) Deals With The First Years Of The Council Of Basel From 1431 To 1439.