Jan Royt

A history of the lost art of the Bohemian Ore Mountains. The development of mining towns in the Ore Mountain region of Bohemia during the thirteenth to the sixteenth century was driven by the Saxon nobility who brought with them the culture of their homeland. The art and architecture of the Ore Mountains, financed by wealthy miners and local nobility,...

The perfect culture guide for the curious traveller or medieval history enthusiast. Prague, established with the Czech state at the end of the ninth century, reached its medieval heyday during the reign of Emperor and King Charles IV. A Premyslid on his mother's side and an ambitious Luxembourg on his father's, Charles IV heralded a period of rapid development in...