Czech literature of the 17th and 18th century; spiritual song; hymnbook; broadside; manuscript

Die Studie beschäftigt sich mit der Verbindung der böhmischen katholischen Hymnographie mit der Exilhymnographie. Dieser evangelische-katholische Transfer wurde durch Jahrmarktsdrucke oder handschriftliche Gesangbücher ermöglicht.

The study examines Czech spiritual songs since the beginning of the 17th century until the end of the 18th century and deals with the connections between the non-Catholic songs of the Post-White Mountain exile and the Czech Catholic hymnography. It has been thought that these connections were almost unpossible. This study deals with the songs of the exiles in the Czech Catholic hymnbooks, broadsides and manuscripts – the aim of this study is to show the function of media in the Czech hymnography. The contacts with non-Catholic exiled and Catholic hymnbooks were mediated by orality, manuscripts and broadsides. This example shows the Czech hymnography as a media space; the study examines the position of manuscripts and primarily broadsides in this media space, both are very close to orality.