Rudolf Holinka - The Native of South Bohemia between Prague, Bratislava and Brno

Submitted diploma thesis describes the life of historian Rudolf Holinka. His area of specialization was especially in the Middle Ages. He was a well-known professor and an author of medieval-themed books. His life was significantly influenced by the important changes in the society. He became a member of academic environment at Charles University in Prague at Faculty of Philosophy. He developed his interest in the history under the influence of the first generation Goll's students. His activity was moved to the recently opened Faculty of Philosophy at Comenius University in Bratislava. He had to leave this place in consequence of changes which were happened during 1938. Holinka didn't even avoid the Nazi repression which burst out after German occupation of Czechoslovakia. There is also depicted his life during the Communist era. This diploma work tries as first to map the historian's life from the time of early studies up to his university work which was culminated by his appointment of professor at Faculty of Philosophy at Masaryk University in Brno