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In this book, Ondřej Schmidt offers a critical biography of John of Moravia, illegitimate son of the Moravian Margrave John Henry from the Luxembourg dynasty. Earlier research has confused John with another son of the Margrave, but here, the author argues that John actually became provost of Vyšehrad (1368–1380), bishop of Litomyšl (1380–1387), and eventually patriarch of Aquileia (1387–1394). The study provides a detailed account of John’s life and his assassination in the wider context of princely bastards’ careers, the Luxembourg dynasty, and Czech and Italian history. Schmidt also explores the development of the “second life” of John of Moravia in the historical memory of the following centuries.
First published in Czech by Vyšehrad Publishers Ltd as Jan z Moravy. Zapomenutý Lucemburk na aquilejském stolci, Prague, 2016
First published in Czech by Vyšehrad Publishers Ltd as Jan z Moravy. Zapomenutý Lucemburk na aquilejském stolci, Prague, 2016
Price: $221.00
Pages: 346
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450
Publication Date:
19 September 2019
ISBN: 9789004335615
Format: Hardcover
"Ondřej Schmidt's biography is impressively successful. Painstakingly documented, methodically structured, skilfully written, and competently translated, Schmidt's John of Moravia makes for a pleasant and instructive reading for a medievalist". Marian Coman, in The Medieval Review, June 2021.
"The book is a significant contribution about a member of the House of Luxembourg’s final generation by a young author. In general, I regard the book as seminal for two reasons: first, it puts a definitive end to ambiguities about this member of the Luxembourg lineage and clearly identifies John of Moravia in relation to John Sobeslav; second, it relates a thus far little known story about his life in the Patriarchate of Aquileia". [...] The book is an excellent biography of a personage who left a trace not only in Czech but also in Italian lore. In view of this, it can be recommended to all those interested in the House of Luxembourg, the political history of unsettled central Europe, and even the Apennine Peninsula in the second half of the fourteenth century". Tomás Velicka, in Speculum, 96/2 (April 2021).
"The book is a significant contribution about a member of the House of Luxembourg’s final generation by a young author. In general, I regard the book as seminal for two reasons: first, it puts a definitive end to ambiguities about this member of the Luxembourg lineage and clearly identifies John of Moravia in relation to John Sobeslav; second, it relates a thus far little known story about his life in the Patriarchate of Aquileia". [...] The book is an excellent biography of a personage who left a trace not only in Czech but also in Italian lore. In view of this, it can be recommended to all those interested in the House of Luxembourg, the political history of unsettled central Europe, and even the Apennine Peninsula in the second half of the fourteenth century". Tomás Velicka, in Speculum, 96/2 (April 2021).
Ondřej Schmidt, is a research fellow and Ph.D. candidate at the Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. He has published articles on the Luxembourg dynasty and its Italian politics.