Parishes in the Tábor region from the perspective of preparatory writings for the Theresian Cadastre

The goal of this bachelor's thesis is to process cultural and historical data from spiritual preparatory writings, located in the National Archives in Prague, in the files of the Theresian Cadastre for the Tábor region from the first quarter of the 18th century. The preparatory writings were meant to improve taxation and the creation of a new Teresian cadastre. Focus of the thesis is on examining the condition of the local parishes, their extent according to the number of parishioners, the condition of parish and branch churches or chapels and the distance of villages from the church. Attention is also paid to the relations between priests, parishioners and lords. Separate chapters concern parish schools, hospitals or fraternities and literary fraternities. The thesis is supplemented by the financial and economic side of parishes, including permanent and incidental salaries of clergy, the composition of the parish economy and the equipment of churches. Keywords Theresian cadastre, spiritual preparatory writing (duchovní tabela), parishes, parish schools, fraternities, literary fraternities, baroque hospitals, Tábor region, Bechyně regio