Eschatology in Rozmlouvání člověka se smrtí

The aim of the thesis is to analyze the concept of eschatology in the late medieval Czech poem Rozmlouvání člověka se Smrtí. Fistly, it summarizes previous research regarding the poem, which provides the thesis with a starting-point for further analysis. Then, it focuses on analysing the concept of the last things of man in Rozmlouvání and relates the findings with christian eschatology and eschatology of the Bible. Starting with death, it analyses the definition of the entity, its physical appearance and the imagery the poem uses to describe death. It focuses on the relation between death and the devil and intertwining of the first death with the second death, which is very prominent in the poem. Next, it turns its attention to the concept of soul and body, analysing their relation with respect to the thought of Saint Augustine and Saint Thomas Aquinas, and attempts to describe their separation and subsequent reunion during the resurrection of the dead. In the last chapter, it focuses on the destiny of man after death - first, the fate of the soul in the afterlife, then the ultimate destiny of resurrected man. It attempts, for example, to provide proof, that there is, in fact, the concept of underworld in Rozmlouvání, though not explicitly named; or to identify the intertwining of hell with second..