Tomáš Pešina z Čechorodu

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Jan Tomáš Pešina z Čechorodu (born December 19, 1629 in Počátky , † August 3, 1680 in Prague ) was a Czech Catholic clergyman, historian and writer.

Life

He came from a Catholic middle-class family. From 1643 he studied at the Jesuit college in Neuhaus , from 1648 in Prague. After graduation, he took the Master of the Seven Liberal Arts exam and the Bachelor's exam . He was ordained a priest in 1653 and two years later he was given the post of dean in Adlerkosteletz , and then in 1657 the post of dean in Leitomischl . In 1658 he was appointed episcopal vicar in the Chrudim region . In 1663 he was elected canon of Vyšehrad and in 1668 he was appointed imperial counselor and shortly afterwards imperial count palatine .

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Pešina wrote some of his works in the Czech language, which was unusual for scientific work at the time. He also propagated Czech in church circles and at the same time supported the recruitment of Bohemian priests. He wrote his first work as dean in Kostelec. It was a historical work on the development of Christianity in Bohemia . These writings have not been preserved. In 1663 he published his first history book on Moravia , Prodromus , a predecessor of his later monumental work Moravopis . He made a map in which he highlighted the nationalities. At the same time he demanded that church services should be held in the local language in villages with a predominantly Czech population. He was also involved in the translation of the Martyrology .

Mars Moravicus

Publications

  • Moravopis - five-volume work about Moravia
  • Ucalegon Germaniae, Italiae et Poloniae Hungaria, flama belli Turcici ardens - in it he also describes the history of Turkish wars of conquest and warns of Turkish domination.
  • Phosphorus septicornis - Festschrift of St. Vitus Cathedral .
  • Thesaurus in lucem procractus S. Mercurius - Treatise on art objects in St. Vitus Cathedral
  • Mars Moravicus sive bella horrida et cruenta ..., quae Moravia hactenus passa fuit the first part of this chronicle was written under the strong influence of Václav Hájek z Libočan and Jan Skála z Doubravky . The second part has a strong patriotic aspect, so he sees the battle on White Mountain as a great success for the Czech people.

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