Smil Flaška from Pardubice

Smil Flaška von Pardubitz (Czech: Smil Flaška z Pardubic ; * 1349 ; † August 13, 1403 near Kutná Hora ) held high political and royal offices in Bohemia and was also active as a writer.

Life

Smil Flaška von Pardubitz came from the noble family of Pardubitz . His father Wilhelm von Pardubitz ( Vilém z Pardubic ) was a brother of the first Prague Archbishop Ernst von Pardubitz . Smil graduated from Prague University with a bachelor's degree .

In 1390 Smil inherited the dominions of Pardubice , Staré Hrady and Richenburg , where he took up residence. In Skutsch , which belonged to the Rychmburk rule, he built the hospital church.

In 1396 he was appointed the highest scribe on the land table ; in addition, from 1403 he was captain of the Čáslav district . Politically, he was active as leader of the Herrenunion, an aristocratic union founded against King Wenceslas IV . The dispute with the king, which was fought over the possessions of the von Pardubitz family in 1385, probably played a role. Smil died in 1403 in the war against the Kuttenbergers loyal to the king.

Works

• Nová rada . It is an upper case legory with 2116 verses, which consist of octosyllables in pairs of rhymes. The work was completed in 1394 and has been handed down in three manuscripts from the 15th century. It was printed for the first time in 1845. In the work, Smil expresses his political and constitutional views in the picture of an animal parliament. They contain advice on wise government and advice on religion and morals. The aim is to convey the ideal of a ruler who is ready to share his power with the nobility and clergy. As the king of beasts, the lion embodies the position of the ruling king. The council meeting is opened by an eagle; it is ended by a swan. The allegory also contains allusions to current events of the time, such as B. the practice of the distribution of offices.

Expenditure:

• • Prague 1845 in: Výbor z literatury české
  • Prague 1876 in: Památky staré literatury české, part 1. Ed. J. Gebauer
  • Prague 1947, in: Listy filologické, 71. Ed. J. Daňhelka
  • In 1528, the Pilsen citizen Jan Fentzl-Mantuanus published a version of the allegory updated to the 16th century under the title Radda zhovadilých zvieřat (The Council of Wild Animals).

Translations:

• • Theriobulia Joannis Dubravii sive De regiis praeceptis . Translated into Latin by the Olomouc bishop Johannes Dubravius . Printed in Nuremberg in 1520.
  • The new council of Mr. Smil of Pardubic ; An animal fable from the 14th century, along with its other poems and a selection from his collection of proverbs based on the original Bohemian text, edited for the first time in German by Joseph Wenzig. Weigel Publishing House, Leipzig 1855.
• Rada otce synovi (advice from the father to his son); a knightly class teaching.
• Svár vody s vinem (quarrel of water with wine)
• Sbírka přísloví (collection of proverbs)

literature

• Nová Rada . In: Kindlers Literature Lexicon. Vol. 5, 1982, pp. 6817-6818
• J. Hrabák: Smilova škola , Prague 1941
• J. Hejnic, M. Horna, E. Petrů: Jan Dubravius, Theriobulia. Rada zvířat , Prague 1983

Web links

• Literature and other media by and about Smil Flaška von Pardubitz in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
• Literature by and about Smil Flaška von Pardubitz in the catalog of the German National Library