Selection from the forthcoming books

The introductory studies of this year's second volume of the journal Archaeologia historica are devoted to specific research activities and finds from Czech and Slovak castles and manors (Vysoké Veselí u Jičína, Buben, Čičava, Hrušov, Reviště). These are followed by excursions into early modern Czech and Moravian towns, expanding the existing knowledge of their fortifications (Jihlava), water canals and related technical structures (Pardubice) and material culture (Brno suburb). Three contributions focus on stove-making in the late Middle Ages and the early modern age (south-eastern Moravia) and the issue of heating devices (Ukraine). Also featured is research into deserted villages and their field systems, supported by lidar data and geophysical survey, as well as the interpretation of finds from the Drábské světničky rock complex. The final study presents the results of a new analysis of the available findings about the tomb of Prince Vratislav I from the Basilica of St. George at Prague Castle.

To be published in January 2025.

Kateřina Vaďurová

This monograph provide a comprehensive overview of the glass products from the 13th to the middle of the 17th century in the Moravian-Silesian borderlands in the context of contemporary development in the Czech lands and Europe. The work deals with the basic development tendencies of glass, but also the characteristics of individual periods, the connection to the social context and the position of glass as a specific trade item. The foundation stone of the study was archaeological material from 18 sites, mainly from the bourgeois environment, less from noble residences and church buildings. In addition to archaeological sources, historical written sources, iconographic sources and chemical analyzes were used.

To be published in winter 2024.

Josef Maňák, Tomáš Janík, Vlastimil Švec

The fourth edition of this successful textbook provides students, teachers and other interested parties with a systemic approach to didactics. It introduces the key concepts of didactics, i.e. education, teaching, learning, teaching methods, organisational forms, didactic means and others, and provides their interpretation. The text is supplemented by a number of graphic illustrations to make it clearer and easier to read for the reader.

To be published in winter 2024.

Petr Houzar

The book deals with the study of heraldic charters from the pre-Bohemian period, when the promotion of villages to towns and towns to cities limited the power of the royal towns. The study examines the diplomatic and heraldic aspects of the charters, including the details of the emblems granted, which often differed in the Czech and German descriptions. A unique part of the book is the register, which provides a substantial recapitulation of the charters.

To be published in winter 2024.

Tomáš Janík (Ed.)

The book is a collection of twelve interviews with Czech and foreign pedagogues on the topic of educational change. The respondents placed their answers in a broader timeframe, often reflecting the period of modernity - in particular the reformist educational movement at the turn of the 19th and 20th century, the period of the so-called social school and the period after 1989, which received the greatest attention. The interviews also touched on current issues such as the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine. Tomáš Janík discussed these issues with Stanislav Štech, Petr Najvar, Dana Kasperová, Karel Rýdl, Wilfried Göttlicher, Štefan Porubský, Vladimíra Spilková, Eliška Walterová, Michal Kaplánek, Vladimír Jůva, Dag Hrubý and Petra Šobáňová.

To be published in winter 2024.