(Czech title: Integrace Slezska do Ceske koruny podle predstav Karla IV. Uvod k diskusi o identifikaci Slezska jako region a jeho postavení v Ceske korune). Legal status as a part of the state had an essential meaning for each region in the process of their forming. From this point of view, a connection with the Kingdom of Bohemia between 14th and 18th centuries, had a crucial meaning for Silesia. Most of dukes already in 1327 and 1329 paid a homage to the Bohemian King, and some of duchies were even ruled directly by the royal authorities. The newly shaped whole Kingdom was named Corona regni Bohemiae by Charles IV, and was to last 'forever', i.e. independently from any ruling dynasty. Bohemian Kings John and Charles of Luxembourg dynasty reinforced the royal authority in Silesia, especially in duchies ruled directly. The royal administration was concentrated in Wroclaw. Thanks to this the position of the city increased and it gradually became the centre not only of the royal estates, but the centre of Silesia in general. Bohemian Kings could not execute their power directly in fief estates and had to use masters of the estates. These relations were strengthened both by marriage projects (i.e. marriage between Charles IV and Anna of Schwiednitz) and presence of numerous Silesian dukes at the Bohemian court. A Luxembourgish model of medieval Bohemian state did not influenced at all the process of forming a regional identification of all its particular parts. In the same time a special network connected with the activity of the ruler and the court developed and brought integrating effects. This trend weakened, however, essentially in 15th century.
The article deals with the dynastic policies of Charles IV. and his ideas about the arrangement of government in the Crown of Bohemia. It refers to so-called emperor’s testaments where the emperor describes in detail the succesion of the male members of the Luxembourg line and denotes their rank in rule. The pillar of the whole structure was the King of Bohemia, the absolute sovereign over all of the lands of the Crown of Bohemia. The remaining Luxembourgs were to hold their lands as a royal tenure. In this spirit, Charles IV. created a whole new duchy of Görlitz for his son John.
Upper Lusatia, a region consisting of the Bautzen and Görlitz districts, was for many years part of the power structure of the Bohemian rulers. From the end of the 11th century until the year 1253 it was ruled by the Premyslides, and in the 14th century the Luxembourgs incorporated Upper Lusatia into the Lands of the Bohemian Crown and it remained their part until 1635. The main forms of presentation of the king’s power in the Crown Lands in the Middle Ages and early modern era were oath-taking journeys, which involved an oath of allegiance sworn by a country to a ruler and his ceremonial arrival and reception in a selected town. The form of this ceremony known as adventus regis evidently became fixed in Upper Lusatia in the reign of the Luxembourgs though we find scant mentions of them in contemporary sources. The study endeavours to re-enact the royal arrivals and presents an overview of the journeys of Bohemian kings to Upper Lusatia in the 14th and 15th century
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