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Abstract: The study describes and comparatively evaluates the activities of the Litomyšl bishopric (the bishop and chapters) in exile after the Hussites took Litomyšl in 1421. The administration of the diocese was never re-established, nor was the secularised ecclesiastic property returned. This study analysis the economic foundations and the clerical activities of these exiled Premonstratensians, uncovering their ties to other monastic houses from the same order in Bohemia and mainly Moravia, and comparing their situation to the Prague and Olomouc bishopric chapters. These analyses demonstrate a clear similarity between the fates of the Litomyšl chapter and those of many other uprooted monasteries. The Litomyšl canons worked to preserve the memory of the effectively-uprooted bishopric over the rest of the 15th century by maintaining the office of administrator. In light of the post- Hussite events, this office was more of a formality, as the actual materials were vacated in light of the disintegration of ecclesiastic administration on the territory of the Litomyšl dioceses. The study is complemented by the edition of several heretofore unpublished documents. |
