1. Czech National Revival
Presented by
Míra Paluka, Vojtěch Březina, Martin Le Tien

2. Czech National Revival
It‘s a process that occurred in the Czech lands from about the last third of the 18th century until 1848.
Intention :
revive Czech language, national identity and culture

3. The situation before the National Revival
Czech language was widely spoken in the Czech lands during the Middle Ages and early modern period.
But in 1627 the Habsburgs gained the Czech throne hereditarily.
Czech lands suffered from recatholization and germanisation politics of Habsburg emperors.
coat of arms of Habsburg clan

4. Social changes since the mid of 18th century
The Austrian Empress Maria Theresa began to introduce reforms. In 1775 she reformed education all children of both genders had to attend school
Son of Maria Theresa, Joseph II. realised two important documents in 1781 that had an positive effect on the society. He realised Toleration patent and he abolished serdom.
People were able to move without limits, study, do business, etc.. which had a huge importance.
The negative effect was declaration of German language as an official language of the state, and also at schools it was taught only in German
Maria Theresa

5. PROCESS OF NATIONAL REVIVAL
The main force behind the National Revival was Czech intelligence (scientists, artists, priests, teachers etc..)  national revivalists
They found their inspiration not only in history, but also in other Slavic nations
They wanted to improve the general education of common people.

6. 1) Defensive period Josef Dobrovský
defence of the Czech language focuses on the past (inspiration in classicism and enlightenment)
the most important personality of this period was a linguist Josef Dobrovský.
he wrote History of the Czech language and literature
Josef Dobrovský

7. 2) Offensive period Josef Jungmann
they attempted to produce more artistic works  they wanted to show that Czech language is as good as the German language
most important personality was the linguist Josef Jungmann
he wrote Czech – German dictionary
Josef Jungmann

8. SUMMARY
rebirth of culture life (theatre, literature, music etc…), national pride and interest in Czech language and Czech culture
construction of the National theatre