ennoblement, Ottoman Empire, Czech lands, 16th century, Moravia, Jan Němčický z Němčic,

One of the aims of this biography is to contribute to the understanding of career strategies of the social stratum represented by Jan Němčický from Němčice, in the context of the society of the Czech lands in the period before the battle of the White Mountain. On a concrete example, the capacity of foreign and Czech historiography formulated thesis on the fundamental importance of clientele links in the development of the personal careers of most of the members of the lower nobility, or of the bourgeoisie, was demonstrated. By contextualizing the life story of Jan Němčický from Němčice and his interpretations on the background of the processes that conditioned the transformation of the social and religious atmosphere of the society in the period before the Battle of the White Mountain, we also tried to reveal the partial problems of the lifestyle of the lower nobility. A crucial issue is the role of the almost permanent war conflict with the Turks during the second half of the 16th century and the personal participation in it as a universal medium for the social rise of the individual. On the example of Jan Němčický from Němčice, representing the social category of nobilized burgess, or small inferior nobility, we have come to a definite conclusion in connection with participation in the conflict with the Ottoman Empire. Despite the period of propaganda in the spirit of the ideal of a just Muslim struggle, the motivation of the members of this social category to view the battlefield in Hungary must be seen exclusively in economic and social aspects. This purely pragmatic approach to participation in the war obviously outweighed the motivation promoted by period propaganda, with which it was easier to identify the higher nobility or members of antique Knight's families.

Publikace je věnována osobě nobilitovaného rytíře Jana Němčického z Němčic. Na jeho příkladě jsou analyzovány kariérní strategie a jejich význam pro společnost před bitvou na Bílé hoře. Věnuje se také otázce motivace v myšlenkovém světě nejnižších složek rytířského stavu v jejich cestě na uherská bojiště i důsledky z ní vyplývající.