Diplomacy and Recruitment of Mercenaries before the Battle of Žalgiris by Sven Ekdahl

“… During the months preceding the battle of Žalgiris (Tannenberg/Grunwald) the diplomatic activity of the countries involved was intense. …”
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Prague, the Victorious May of 1945 by S. V. Kudryashov

“…Heavy battles for Prague did not happen, but the entry of Soviet tanks into the Czech capital and the subsequent jubilation of local residents became a symbol of the end of the war in Europe. …”
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The Kosovo Covenant by Kinđić Zoran B.

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Kwestia ruska w obliczu powstania styczniowego z perspektywy „Gazety Narodowej” i „Słowa” by Adam Świątek

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Precisazioni per la pittura italiana del Seicento al Prado: Giuseppe Di Guido e Pasquale Chiesa by Giuseppe Porzio

“…This article contributes to the study of Neapolitan painting in the seventeenth century by discussing the attribution of two paintings in the storerooms of the Museo del Prado: a Head of a Saint, probably St Peter (P-5402), here attributed to Giuseppe Di Guido, a robust personality of precocious naturalistic extraction, also sensitive to the lessons of Ribera; and a Battle traditionally attributed to Aniello Falcone (P-139), here assigned to Pasquale Chiesa, a painter of Genoese origin—but with a figurative background steeped in Neapolitan elements—of which little is known, active in Rome in the mid-seventeenth century. …”
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Náboženská a církevně-správní situace na Chrudimsku v 18. století ve světle zpovědních výkazů by Ladislav Nekvapil

“…The main sources used for this topic included confession lists and reports from the Prague Archdiocese from 1671–1781 in combination with Catalogus cleri (lists of priests) from 1741 and 1771. …”
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Sankce vůči českým královským městům roku 1547 v kontextu habsburské politiky první poloviny 16. století („Gentský ortel“ v politické propagandě stavovského odboje)... by Petr Vorel

“… At the time of the Bohemian Estates Revolt in the year 1547, the Czech translation of a verdict from the year 1540, in which Emperor Charles V of Habsburg punished the present-day Belgian town of Ghent which had rejected the Emperor‘s tax demands, was published and disseminated in the press in Prague. Under the threat of a military attack, the citizens of Ghent decided to surrender to the Emperor, and expected negotiations about the payment of the monarchal financial demands to follow. …”
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Osobnost a dílo Matouše Radouše a tvorba renesančních epitafů v Chrudimi by Ondřej Jakubec, Radka Milotová

“…The change in iconography after the White Mountain Battle, using the new Catholic motifs (esp. of the Virgin Mary) shows that the confessional situation in the town was also changed in favour of Catholicism. …”
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