Index
Ferdinand Street, Fruit Street, and Graben, main thoroughfare of Prague, 177.
Foges, Mr., quoted, 8, 11.
Fountain, designed by Tertio of Bergamo, 196.
Francis Joseph, King of Bohemia, his descent from Premysl, 3.
Frederick, Count Palatine, accepts crown of Bohemia, 117; reception and coronation, 117; his short-lived popularity, 117; deserts his army, 118; his behaviour on receiving news of Battle of White Mountain, 123.
Frederick the Great storms Prague, 133; encamps on White Mountain, 133; Battle of Prague, 134.
G
Gallus Cahera, preacher of the Tyn Church, 90.
German character of old town of Prague, 6–7.
German immigrants in Prague favoured by the Sovereigns, 6, 11–12.
German masters and students leave Prague, 35.
Graben, the, origin of name, 7.
H
Hajek of Libocan, chronicler, quoted, 4, 26–27.
Harnack, Dr., quoted, 32.
Henry of Plumlov, Captain of Moravia, 58–59.
Hollar, Wenceslas, engravings by, 173.
Hradcany Castle, held by Royal troops, 44 ff; truce meeting at, 67; stormed by Wallenstein, 128; seized by General Königsmark, 131.
Hradcany Hill, site of old foundation of Prague, 3; old castle on, 4, 142; later buildings, 142; early Christian church built on, 4, 5; fortifications of, 8.
Hrob, Protestant church at, destroyed, 108.
Hus, John, 30 ff.; forerunners of, 19; sermon as a young preacher, 25–26; begins preaching at Bethlehem Chapel, 31; his teaching, 32; protest against his preaching, 32–33; his letter to the Archbishop, 35; excommunicated, 36; attacks the use of indulgences, 37; flees from Prague, 37; attempts made during his absence to assuage religious differences, 38; proceeds to Council of Constance, 41; imprisonment and death, 41; indignation among Bohemian nobles caused by, 41–42.
Hus and Hieronymus, bells known as, 155–156.
Hynek Krusina, Utraquist nobleman, 51; 57; 59.
J
Jerusalem, building erected on site of Benatky, 22.
Jewish Colony of Prague, 8–9.
Jewish quarter, Joseph’s Town, 172.
John Augusta, head of Bohemian Brethern, arrest and torture of, 99.
John Kolda of Zampach, rises against Sigismund, 74.
John of Carvajal, Papal envoy, 77–78; carries off the Compacts, 78.
John of Luxemburg, becomes king, 15; his campaigns, invitation to knights of Europe, and death at Crecy, 15.
John of Pomuk, or Nepomuk, conflict of, with Wenceslas, 26–29; death, 29.
John of Sadlo, Utraquist noble, 65.
John Rohâc of Duba, cruelty of Sigismund to, 73–74.
Joseph Tyl, composer, 136.
K
Karlov, the, built by Charles, 18.
Kelley, Edward, at Prague, 104.
Keppler, astronomer, guest of King Rudolph, 103.
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