Jakub Popovický of Popovice and other students from the Czech Lands at the Wittenberg University

Abstract

This diploma thesis deals with education in early modern period, especially at universities, which is related to the issue of grand tours. It is mainly focused on the Wittenberg University, where Jakub Popovický of Popovice studied and whose album amicorum is the subject of this thesis. One of the main goals is to introduce a group of friends, acquaintances and colleagues of Jakub Popovický who he met in Wittenberg or after his studies in Bohemia. In the edition of the Wittenberg University Register we will also search for other students from Bohemia and Moravia and we will try to gather information about them from various sources (for example from their alba amicorum, diaries or literature) to understand where they came from to Wittenberg, their social structure, their lives and subsequent careers