This original collection of essays offers an account of key moments and themes in the history of the Czech Lands from the ninth century to the fall of socialism in 1989. The essays, commissioned ...

Anne of Bohemia's wooden funeral effigy head is still in the Abbey ... thesis by Abigail Weatherill, 2010. History of the King's Works - vol. 1 edited by H.M. Colvin, 1963 Royal bronze effigies in ...

She was crowned in Prague as Queen of Bohemia a few days after her husband but his rule lasted only for one winter (hence she is sometimes referred to as the Winter Queen). This was due to Catholic ...