On the election (nomination) of the first bishops of Prague

This paper aims to identify the circumstances in which bishops of Prague were appointed (from the 970s to the 1030s), particularly the first bishop Dietmar, in the context of the incorporation of the Bohemian Church into the Church of the Holy Roman Empire and the subordination to the Archbishop of Mainz. There has been an ongoing debate in current historiography over who selected candidates for the position of bishops: the Bohemian duke or the German ruler, who granted investiture.

The House of Přemyslid between Henry II and Boleslaus the Brave or the circumstances which commenced an oath of fealty taken by Czech dukes to the rulers of the Reich

The goal of this article is to indicate the political circumstances which led to the Czech king’s assumption of the Prague throne as an oath of fealty to the ruler of the Reich. The article discusses the political situation in the late 10th and the early 11th centuries: the weakness of Bohemia following the death of Boleslaus II, the power of Bolesław the Brave and the circumstances accompanying his occupation of Prague together with king Henry II’s interference in Czech affairs.

Přemyslovci mezi Jindřichem II. a Boleslavem Chrabrým, aneb o okolnostech, které započaly lenní závislost českých knížat na panovnících Říše

A woman and coins: Euphemia of Hungary’s contribution to the minting

Euphemia (d. 1111) was the wife of Otto I the Fair, prince of Moravia. After her husbands’ death, she ruled as a regent for her minor sons. Together with her offspring, she issued two types of denarii. The present article aims to distinguish the iconography of these coins and of the models they were likely to be based on, to establish th context of their creation and determine the propaganda message they conveyed.