CYRILLO-METHODIAN AND PALEOSLAVIC STUDIES IN BOHEMIA AND MORAVIA IN THE YEARS 2005-2015
/CYRILOMETODĚJSKÁ A PALEOSLOVENISTICKÁ STUDIA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ V LETECH 2005–2015/

Lubomira HAVLIKOVA

emerita of the Institute of Slavonic Studies the CAS, v.v.i., Czech Academy of Science, Valentinská 1, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech republic, department of paleoslavic and byzantology, havlikoval@centrum.cz, 00420 286 592 663

Abstract

The literary and cultural heritage of two Thessalonian brothers Constantine-Cyril and Methodius is very known in the Czech lands. Their diplomatic mission sent from Byzantium to the Moravians, their ecclesiastical and cultural activities in the Great Moravian Empire contributed also to the development of European civilization. In her article the author deals with the Czech Paleoslavic and Cyrillo-Methodian studies in the past years 2005-2015. The Czech Paleoslavic studies were traditionally worked in the research centres of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in Prague and Brno and also at the Universities namely in Prague, Brno, Olomouc, Ostrava and Ústí nad Labem. The author also mapped selectively the main works (monographs, proceedings, studies, articles) published in the Czech Republic (in Czechia and Moravia) between years 2005–2015.

Keywords

St. Constantine-Cyril, St. Methodius, Paleoslavic studies, Cyrillo-Methodian studies, 2005-2015, Czech Republic, survey

SUMMARY

Activity of thessalonician brothers Cyril and Methodius has not only religious value but also cultural and politically-historical impact. Lot of nations and states of Eastern and South-eastern Europe lay claims to this heritage, especially Slovakia and Czech. Great Moravian heritage became a part of European cultural heritage and message of thessalonician brothers is very actual in process of globalisation in pluralistic society. In this study, we achieved a short summary of scientific research in scene of paleoslavic and cyril-methodian studies in region of Czech Republic in 2005-2015. In Czech Republic was the scientific research, which is linked with cyril-methodian issue, mainly with linguistic and literal science, concentrated in Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic. Particular documents stated in this study represent historical section of science knowledge obtained and processed in last ten years. We are talking here about creating of map of history of Great Moravia through the evidences of the structure of society, formation and development of art of lettering, up to development of juridical system. This summary gives actual interest about heritage of Great Moravia in academicals sphere in Czech Republic.

(Language: czech)

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