The Bohemian Lands, Part IV

The Viennese Vormärz-Slavica Project encompasses a study of Metternich-era non-political scholarly and entertainment periodicals published in the Austrian capital, focusing on the collection of references to Slavic countries and cultures. To date, four volumes have been published: 1990: References to Russia in Viennese Vormärz Periodicals (1805-1848); 1992: References to Poles and Ruthenians in Viennese Vormärz Periodicals (1805-1848); 1994: References to the South Slavs in Viennese Vormärz Periodicals (1805-1848); 1998: Supplement to Vol. I; 2004: References to Upper Hungary (Slovakia) in Viennese Vormärz Periodicals (1805-1848); the material in these volumes is arranged in the form of a critical inventory, according to the topics Literature and Writing, Linguistics, History, Educational Institutions, the Arts, Religion, Law, Regional Studies, Political Economy, and Natural Sciences. The upcoming volume covers the references to the Bohemian lands (present day Czech Republic) and their cultural ties with Vienna. Part I collects the material of the first chapter (Literature and Writing). The book was published in 2011 (1027 pages). The registers are available in electronic form. Part II consists of references to Linguistics, Philosophy / Esthetics / Rhetoric, History and the Educational Institutions in the Bohemian Lands. The book came out in 2012 (706 p.) The index will be available online in a few months. Part III collects the references to the artistic life in the Bohemian lands as reported in Viennese entertainment periodicals. The book will appear in 2014. Part IV presents a critical survey and inventory of the material concerning the subject areas Religion Law Regional Studies Political Economy and Natural Sciences. Religion: Opposite to the findings concerning Upper Hungary (2004) only reports about the life of the Catholic Church in the Bohemian Lands received attention in Viennese periodicals. Law: About 50 studies on juridical issues published in Prague written in German got reviewed in Viennese periodicals Regional Studies. It was attempted to structure this vast material best possible. So the chapter Geography and Statistics is subdivided into nine paragraphs. One of these paragraphs f. i. collects the news items about the bath seasons in the famous spas Karlsbad (Karlovy Vary) and Marienbad (Marinské Lzne). Political Economics: This material sheds light on the economic achievements but it also conveys information conc. poverty and charitable activities of the nobility. The last chapter is dedicated to Science as the Viennese periodicals also reviewed scientific publications of Czech authors.