first received from the East, 3; national church of, 4; arrival of Čechs in, 8; first Čech settlement in, ib.; Cosmas’s account of settlement, 8–14; chronicle of Cosmas popular in, 14; hatred of Germans in, 15, 16; King John the Don Quixote of, 17; history of, from 1283–1345, ib.; King John aids King of France, 18, 19; King John makes levies on churches and monasteries of, 20; relics in churches of, 22; attitude of King Charles towards religious authorities, ib.; its prominent part in church reform, 26; its history during Hussite wars, 27; Hussites strive to reform clergy of, 28; repeated invasions of, ib.; secession of, from Western Church, 36; Sigismund accepted as king, ib.; attack on, and defence of its capital, 40; its siege abandoned by Sigismund, 42; the battle of Vyšehrad, 43–7; untruthful tales concerning, 51; Latin History of, 52; introduction of Lutherism into, ib.; 1526 an important landmark in history of, 54; Ferdinand of Habsburg elected king of, ib.; attempts to enlarge his powers, ib.; discontent arises, ib.; refuses to aid Emperor Charles in Lutheran rising, 55; envoys meet the king before Wittenberg, ib.; his crafty policy, ib.; importance of changes of faith in, 69; Count Palatine Frederick elected king, 71; existence of, as independent country ceases, ib.; for a time a centre of European diplomacy, 77; catastrophe of the White Mountain, 78–82; the executions at Prague, 79–81; changes in, caused by defeat at White Mountain, 83; its ancient constitution suppressed, ib.; Austrian religious oppression in, 84; national revival movement, 86, 87; difficulties in writing history of, 92; Estates of, aid Palacký, 93; national movement becomes political, 97; Palacký recognized as leader of, 99; Francis Joseph recognizes the rights of, 100; History of, Palacký’s masterpiece, ib.; modern historians of, 107; powers of the sovereign of, 108; its ancient constitution, ib., 109; a continuous history of, desired, 110; writers on its literature, ib.; its glorious past, 111.
Bohemia, a Historical Sketch, 17.
Bohemian, word first used in England in peculiar sense by Thackeray, 1; has no connexion with gipsies, ib.; oldest chronicle, 2; ‘Herodotus,’ 6; nobles incensed against Prince Ulrich, 16; patriotism of Charles (‘Pfaffenkaiser’), 21; church dignitaries oppose doctrine of poverty, 31; religious wars of fifteenth century, 37; Sixt’s history written in, 54; Estates, conflict with Ferdinand I, 55; Brethren, 61–4, 66, 71, 88, 109; version of the Bible, 61, 83; House of Rosenberg, 66; rising of 1618, 70; leaders, trial and execution of, 79–81; national language persecuted, 84; history mainly in German and Latin, ib.; Museum, 90; Palacký’s first volume translated into, 94; edition of Palacký’s work completed, 100; modern historians, 106, 107; constitution and king, 108; literature, writers on, 110; nation, high intellectual position, 111.
Bohemian Brethren, 61; works of, specially marked for de-
