"On defence of freedom of Czechs." The conception of the idea of nation in the works of protestants after the Battle of White Mountain

The aim of this thesis is to describe understanding and various interpretations of the term "nation" and the idea of nation in the works of Czech evangelical authors, which were written mostly during or after the Thirty Years' War. It examines the links to the medieval era which managed to form historical thoughts and the conception of nation in early modern period with emphasis on Czech protestantism. The main focus is set on Czech evangelical scholars, e. g. Pavel Stránský of Zápy or Pavel Skála of Zhoř, however, their national idea is confronted with the geneneration of older authors and even one representative of catholicism, Vilém Slavata of Chlum and Košumberk. Moreover, the thesis copes also on the contradiction of Czech and Moravian national statehood concept