The Irish Franciscans in Prague 1629-1786

by Jan Paez and Hedvika Kuchaová

At the end of the sixteenth century, Queen Elizabeth I forced the Irish Franciscans into exile. Of the four continental provinces to which the Irish Franciscans fled, the Prague Franciscan College of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary was the largest in its time. This monograph documents this intense point of contact between two small European lands, Ireland and Bohemia. The Irish exiles changed the course of Bohemian history in significant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8024626764
• ISBN13: 9788024626765
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Karolinum Press, Charles University
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.2"