Anton�n Such�nek

Komorn�ci c�sa�e Rudolfa II.

P�edkl�dan� diplomov� pr�ce si klade za c�l pomoc� studia individu�ln�ch kari�r c�sa�sk�ch komorn�k� objasnit okolnosti vzestupu a vlivu t�chto osobn�ch slu�ebn�k� Rudolfa II., jejich vazby na vlivn� velmo�e a ostatn� dvo�any u c�sa�sk�ho dvora p�edb�lohorsk�ch �ech a zasadit tyto poznatky do �ir��ho kontextu. Pro tento ��el poslou�ily t�i nejzn�m�j�� osoby, kter� tento ��ad za vl�dy Rudolfa II. zast�valy. Jmenovit� Jeron�m Makovsk� z Makov�, Filip Lang z Langenfelsu a Ka�par Ruck� z Rudz. Vzhledem k okolnostem jejich neslavn�ho konce se po nich dochoval dostatek p�semnost�, ze kter�ch bylo mo�no rekonstruovat a sestavit jejich individu�ln� biogramy. Zkoum�n�m �etn� korespondence, dlu�n�ch �pis�, procesn�ch akt�, listin a jin�ch pramen� ��edn� �i osobn� provenience ulo�en�ch v N�rodn�m archivu v Praze a ve St�tn�m archivu ve V�dni bylo mo�n� nahl�dnout do spletit� s�t� vz�jemn�ch mocensk�ch vztah� c�sa�sk�ch komorn�k�, jejich majetkov�ho z�zem�; rovn� bylo mo�n� poodhalit i d�vody pro rychl� spole�ensk� vzestup, jeho� vrcholem bylo p�ijet� do �esk�ho ryt��sk�ho stavu, a odpov�d�t i na n�kter� ot�zky spojen� s touto problematikou. Sou��st� diplomov� pr�ce je i doprovodn� obrazov� materi�l.

 

Valets of emperor Rudolf II.

The following diploma work is proposing clarification of the circumstances around rise and growing importance of personal valets of Emperor Rudolf II., using studies of the individual careers of those valets. It studies their connections to powerful magnates and other court courtiers of Rudolf II. in the time before the battle of B�l� Hora. The diploma work takes all those aspects together and puts them into wider context. For this purpose were used examples of the three most well-known persons who served in such a function during the rule of Rudolf II., namely Jeron�m Makovsk� z Makov�, Filip Lang z Langenfelsu and Ka�par Ruck� z Rudz. Due to the circumstances of their infamous ends we are able to gather enough papers from which to reconstruct and assort their individual biographies. By investigating numerous correspondences, promissory notes, processional acta (witness testimonies), deeds and other official or personal resources stored in the National archive in Prague and in the State archive in Vienna, it became possible to uncover the tangled networks of the valets' power connections and their accrual of wealth; to reveal possible reasons for their fast advancement, (the culmination of which was their acceptance into the knighthood) and also to answer some questions related to the difficulties therein. Part of the diploma work comprises the attached illustrations.