Revised Thesis (doctoral)--Universite Paris X, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references and sources (p. [437]-460).

Thesis--Frankfurt am Main. / In Periodical Room.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of St. Andrews, 2000. / Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-259) and index.

PROPER NAMES IN EARLY BAROQUE HAGIOGRAFICAL TEXT Annotation This paper deals with proper names used in Dvanáctero řádů rytířův božích obojího pohlaví v rozličných stavích... (Twelve Orders of Divine Knights of Both Genders and Various Status... ), an early Czech baroque hagiography from 1630. This paper aims to catalogue, classify and linguistically analyse the proper names of characters both Saint and mundane. I used a copy of the original script from Museum of Jindřichův Hradec with the number 849. The theoretical part summarises the basic features of historical and literary baroque. It also contains a chapter about onomastics. The practical part comprises of a summary of Czech Saints, their characteristics and classification of the excerpted proper names. A special attention is given to Slavic names and their formation.

The presented thesis deals with the holy foolishness and other expressions of sub- standard behaviour as part of hagiography. It is examined from the point of view of the so-called "singular speech-behaviour tactics" (сингулярные рече-поведенческие тактики) and based on the analysis of texts taken from the most comprehensive corpus of the hagiographic texts written in the Church Slavonic, Dimitry of Rostov's Chetii Minei. The thesis consists of the Introduction, three main chapters, Conclusion and Bibliography. The first chapter focuses on history: it describes relevant works on the Russian hagiographic literature of the 11th-17th centuries concerning the hagiographies of the holy fools, it shows the current state of search in Russia and describes the basic monuments of literature. The second part of this chapter deals with the life and work of a great Russian writer of the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries, Dimitry of Rostov (1651-1709). The second chapter is devoted to the methodological approach used in the thesis, i.e. the singular speech-behaviour tactics as understood by E.M. Vereshchagin and V.G. Kostomarov, who introduced them in the world science. Furthermore, the wider and narrower context of the research carried in this field up to date is shown. In the third chapter, the essential...

The diploma thesis The Figure of Saint Procopius in Historiographical and Hagiographical Texts of the 16th and 17th Century observes, how the earthly life and the posthumous effect of the saint are narrated in early modern historiographical and hagiographical literary relics. The thesis is also dedicated to miracles, which happened because of the intercession of Saint Procopius in the middle ages, and the fortune of the Slavonic monastic community of Sázava until the year 1097. It focuses on the changes, which Saint Procopius's theme has undergone in particular early modern works. It considers medieval legends of Saint Procopius, too. As a supplement to the thesis there is also a list of motifs connected with Saint Procopius, which are mentioned in early modern historiographical and hagiographical texts.

Thesis (doctoral)--Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-242).

Verbal Expressions of Reverence for St. John of Nepomuk in Vilém Bitnar's Saint-John- Questionnaire The goal of this thesis is a description of verbal expressions of reverence (legends, songs, prayers etc.) for St. John of Nepomuk in the Czech lands, which were collected by Výbor svatojanský in the questionnaire edited by Vilém Bitnar. This questionnaire was sent out to Czech and Moravian parishes at the occasion of the 200th anniversary of canonization of St. John of Nepomuk in 1929 and now it is deposited in the Literary Archive of the Museum of Czech Literature in Bitnar's estate. The mutual points in the questionnaire are seeked as well as regional specifics. These are situated into context of trends in religious life in the Czech lands in 1920s in general and also of relationship between contemporary Czech society and the Roman Catholic Church with reverence for St. John of Nepomuk. Bitnar's questionnaire is also situated into context of other Bitnar's scientific and publication activities. Keywords Hagiography; hymnology; St. John of Nepomuk; Vilém Bitnar; religiousness; legend; religious song; First Czechoslovak Republic

ANGLICKÁ ANOTACE (= předběžná náplň práce) Passio Perpetuae and Its Reflection in the Literature of Ancient Church The "Passion of Perpetua and Felicity" (Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis) is one of the most renowned texts of early Christian hagiography. Accordingly, it has been enjoying a renewal of scholarly interest in the last decades. However, surprisingly little attention was paid to its literary "Nachleben", and there exist virtually no studies focusing on its reception in the subsequent literature of the early Church. Seemingly simple narrative, describing the martyrdom of a group of North African Christians, has been held in high esteem since its composition. It acquired almost "canonical" status and was considered authoritative not only by the mass of simple believers but by the Christian intellectuals, too. Though highly venerated in the early Church, it contained a number of innovative and - in the context of Antique and early Christian society - potentially subversive features. These novel features were felt to undermine the existing social order and hierarchy, and it was necessary to "explain them away" in order to make the text more compliant with traditional and generally accepted social values. This was then often taken into account, when later authors and interpreters refer to the text. The...

Oggetto di questo articolo è la Leggenda di sant’Antonio abate conservata nella terza unità codicologica del Mscr.Dresd.Ob.6, uno tra gli otto codici del XV sec. nella lingua del sì presenti nella Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB). Avendo fornito alcune informazioni riguardanti l’intero manoscritto, ci si concentrerà sulla terza unità codicologica, descrivendone le principali caratteristiche formali e contenutistiche, collocando il testo ivi conservato nel più ampio contesto culturale della predicazione medievale in volgare. Sulla base di una rigorosa analisi del testo (analisi linguistica, ma anche analisi dei segni paragrafematici e della grafia), si tenterà di comprenderne l’uso e la provenienza. L’analisi si conclude con un paragrafo dedicato alla sintassi, rilevando come la Leggenda di sant’Antonio abate da un lato segua le norme sintattiche proprie dell’italiano antico e dall’altro sia fortemente influenzata dal modello neotestamentario e dalla sua funzione di supporto alla predicazione. Le conclusioni delle mie ricerche metteranno infine in luce il rapporto tra questo testo – con la sua punteggiatura e sintassi – e l’oralità propria del contesto omiletico.