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282: 544:. Monse also saw the need for an ideological basis capable of uniting the new educated middle class with the Enlightened intelligentsia's interest in the arts and sciences. He found such a basis in critical historiography, and eventually created the platform for a Moravian patriotic revival, enriched by historical Renaissance humanism. 385:
monastery. He sent the work to Monse, who translated it, adding an introduction and commentary while preserving the original content, and published it. Well aware that the ideas in the thesis were still controversial even 500 years after they had first been written, he added at the end of the book
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until 1771, after which they started to be officially taught by the secular professors of law. Classes normally comprised some 50 law students, but for Monse's Canon law classes, some 300 theology students of theology also took to attending. By this time Monse had become a fierce proponent of the
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in Brno. The record of his lectures demonstrates an increasing willingness to link the early Enlightenment claims made on behalf of natural law with an appreciation of the virtues of the historical law of Moravia. This reveals the influence both of a critical historical perception and of the
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status (together with his family) on December 1, 1780. Despite these achievements, or maybe because of them, Monse remained the main target of catholic reaction. In the same year Monse started the lectures about Moravian history according to
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The persisting issues with the catholic reaction as well as his health problems led to a reduction in Monse's publishing activity. He died in Olomouc on February 6, 1793. With his death the lectures on Moravian law and history also ended.
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Odkryté Tagnosti Cžarodegnjckých Kunsstů k Weystraze a Wyvčowánj obecnjho Lidu o Powěrách a sskodliwých Bludech Sepsané w německé Ržeči od Pána z Eckartshausen. Do morawskýho Gazyka přeložil Vpřjmný Milownjk swé
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In 1780 Monse was appointed Rector of the University; he gave his inauguration speech on the history of Moravia. He was also elevated to
748: 263: 205:. His parents were Johann Karl Monse and Anna Monse (née Moudrá). The family lived at house number eight on the main square at 485: 832: 513: 300: 285: 791: 394:, and he was able to retain the professorship of secular law, but was nonetheless prevented from giving lectures on 373:
The theologians' fury peaked when Monse published the work of an anonymous 13th century French author entitled in
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Other universities were reduced to lyceum status at the same time, including, in the Austrian heartland, the
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in 1762. While still in Vienna, Monse published his dissertation (in Latin), married Marie Anna and mastered
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After Professor Josef Antonín Sommer, died in 1774, Monse added to his responsibilities Sommer's courses on
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in the 1490s. He also started writing his own history of Moravia, although this work only reaches to 1306.
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Through his interest in both Moravian humanism and Benedictine historiography Monse linked the earlier
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Despite the dissolution of the Jesuit order in 1773, the Catholics maintained a strong grip over the
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Ponawržení prostředkůw k umenšení nezdrawí takowých příbytkůw, které rozwodnění podrobené byly
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By this time Monse was becoming interested in the history of his own nation, which, since the
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Toulky českou minulostí (596. schůzka: "HOROUCÍ LÁSKU K VLASTI VYZNÁVÁM RÁD...") - 30.11.
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Versuch einer kurzgefassten politischen Landesgeschichte des Markgrafthums Mähren
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was also dissolved by the emperor. Back in Olomouc, Monse started publishing in
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Monse left Prague for Vienna, where he attended the Faculty of Law at the
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Leitfaden über die Vorlesungen der Landesgesetze des Markgrafthums Mähren
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Monse's health was by now deteriorating and he ceased lecturing in 1792.
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enforced relocation of the University back to Olomouc by decree of
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Dialogus inter clericum et militem supra dignitate papali et regia
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Monse was the eighth of nine children born into the family of a
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Dissertatio Suppeditata ad historiam litterariam Moraviae
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that it was published with the best of intentions, and "
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Societas eruditorum incognitorum in terris Austriacis
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Societas eruditorum incognitorum in terris Austriacis
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Rector of the University, elevation to noble status
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At the same time as this relocation the 848:Rectors of the Palacký University Olomouc 590:(„History of education in Moravia“), 1780 581:("Learned bishops of Moravia"), Brno 1779 277:Professor of law at University of Olomouc 149:(June 15, 1733 – February 6, 1793) was a 684: 682: 680: 678: 676: 540:judicial theory of the renowned jurist, 484:In 1782 the first Archbishop of Olomouc 280: 189:Early life, studies in Prague and Vienna 753:(in Czech), Brno: Masarykova Univerzita 742: 740: 738: 736: 734: 805: 688: 16:Czech historian and lawyer (1733–1793) 779: 746: 716: 714: 712: 710: 708: 706: 704: 702: 673: 336:Return the Old Glory to the Homeland! 818:18th-century historians from Bohemia 773: 731: 588:Geschichte des Schulwesens in Mähren 286:University of Olomouc Faculty of Law 247:back in 1620, had been subjected to 727:(in Czech), Český Rozhlas 2 - Praha 13: 720: 699: 14: 859: 486:Antonín Theodor Colloredo-Waldsee 838:People from Nové Město na Moravě 757: 1: 666: 559:("Catalogue of public law of 547: 453:Monse became a member of the 299:. 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Index

Nové Město na Moravě
Moravia
Olomouc
Moravia
Charles University
University of Vienna
Law
state theory
history
Czech language
University of Olomouc
Doctoral advisor
Paul Joseph von Riegger
Moravian
enlightenment
Habsburg monarchy
Moravian Revival
Moravia
historiography
University of Olomouc
municipal legal official
Vysočina Region
Nové Město na Moravě
German
Jesuit
gymnasium (school)
Telč
Prague
Charles University
master's degree

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