The Academic Career of the Historian and Archivist Bertold Bretholz
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| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Judaica Bohemiae |
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| Field | History |
| Keywords | Bertold Bretholz; Judaica; Bohemian Lands; Monumenta Germaniae Historica; Academic Career; University of Berlin; Moravian provincial Archives in Brno; Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung in Vienna |
| Description | The academic work of the historian Bertold Bretholz is perceived inconsistently in the Czech historical consciousness. While his name means nothing to some, his yet-to-be-surpassed edition of Cosmas's Chronica Boemorum [Chronicle of the Bohemians] is still appreciated by some of those with more knowledge of this subject. To some, this Moravian archivist is known primarily for his ‘continual theory’ and he is regarded as a distinct exponent of German nationalism in Moravia. Others know him as an author of editions of sources relating to the history of the Jews in Moravia. The study is an attempt to outline the academic career of this contradictory figure whose fate personifies the complexity of ethnic relations in Moravia: a Jew by birth, a German by nationality and a Moravian at heart. Attention will be paid mainly to the influence that his Jewish origin had on his academic career, which began in the last years of Austria-Hungary and culminated in the period of the First Czechoslovak Republic. |
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