A Brief History of the Czech Lands

by Petr Čornej, Jiří Pokorný, Artlingua (Translator)

This brief history of the Czech Lands has been compiled by leading Czech historians. Its brevity and clarity result from their highly skillful refinements and distillation of profound and detailed knowledge. This little book is one that the reader can either read from start to finish or use as a reference for years to come. Historically, the Czech Republic is made up of three Bohemia, Moravia, and parts of Silesia, which together are known as the Czech Lands. The following account will concentrate systematically on the historical development of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia, and consider Slovakia only after the birth of Czechoslovakia, mentioning earlier Slovak history only when relevant.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

104 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2015

About the author

Petr Čornej is a prominent Czech historian who focuses on the history of the late Middle Ages, especially on Hussites, the history of historiography and the research of historical memory.

His scientific and pedagogical career is connected with the Institute for Czech and World Literature of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, the Faculty of Philosophy and Pedagogy of Charles University, the Literary Academy and the current Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

He has won the Magnesia Litera Book of the Year 2020 award for his monograph Jan Žižka: Život a doba husitského válecníka.

Reviews

[Virginia Cornelia · Rating 3 out of 5]

O scurta istorie intr adevar, dar suficienta pentru cine isi doreste o imagine de ansamblu.
M au interesat ma putin primii 1300-1500 de ani , ii vad pierduti in negura timpurilor.
Ultimele sute de ani mi s au parut captivante, culminand evident cu situatia anilor 1800, crearea Cehoslovasciei dupa primul razboi mondial, si motivele geopolitice care explica invadarea Cehoslovaciei, discrepantele intre cehi si slovaci, doua natiuni diferite, si amprenta comunismului in aceasta regiune.

[Eva · Rating 4 out of 5]

Het boek staat vol met typfouten (echt, even een auto-correct gebruiken was handig geweest), maar doet verder precies wat het zegt te doen in de titel.

[Thaddea · Rating 3 out of 5]

The idea of this book is great, it contains maaany informations for such a compact and short book. One question though... did anyone proofread the English translation? I wouldn't ever expect a published book to have so many typos 😅

[Ashley Melucci · Rating 3 out of 5]

Other than the numerous typing errors and grammatical mistakes, it is clearly written and provides a reasonable amount of information considering the length.

[Samantha Weidman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Feels like I just took a Czech crash course class by a history professor who knew there’d be too much for me to remember. Helps though ! Don’t ask me anything about Czech economy

[Joseph Smith · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great idea but compressing Czech history into 100 pages and providing little depth on any topic apart from post communist Czech Republic made this book hard to enjoy.