The study focuses on the development of topographic works in Bohemia and Moravia in the period after the publication of Schaller's topography. Based on these works, the study reconstructs the types of outputs and forms of presentation of topographic data. It identifies various inventory topographies, statistical lexicons, homeland studies presentations, thematic lexicons, specialized topographic studies, cartographic representations, the publishing of vedutas and old photographs, and the preparation of dictionaries of local names.
The article deals with formation of new documents for private messengers. In the age of poor post connections were developed which delivered private letters. The administration started to look at delivery of consgments as a source of revenue in the beginning of the 18. century. Private messengers thus harmed lordly post. The administration wanted to limit quantity of messengers by legitimation passports. The paper also describes this document from the diplomatic aspect.
The article deals with the causes of insufficient reflection of written production in the early and late modern period. It identifies the amount of documents and the issue of their division as the main obstacles to research insofar as they are a prerequisite for mastering the written material. Other problems relate to terminology issues (giving the same document different names), diplomatic terminology's over reliance on archival practice and the uneven depth of development in the various areas of early and late modern diplomatics.
The article deals with four charters regarding the monastery of Oslavany under the same date (May 21, 1288). Based on a diplomatical analysis of the texts, the study attempts to map relations among them and to reconstruct the circumstances of the creation of the charters.
The paper presents a new project, focused on the digitization of the normative regulations from the Early Modern Period for Moravia. It is aimed at the description of their function in society and emphasizes their significant role for the sovereign's regulation of the behaviour of the populace in various areas of life. Despite that, they have not been systematically treated so far by researchers. Digitization is to help make this important source collection accessible.