John of Moravia between the Czech Lands and the Patriarchate of Aquileia (ca. 1345–1394)

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.

• PrefaceAbbreviationsList of IllustrationsMapsGenealogical Tree1 Introductory Remarks1 The Background: the Luxembourg Dynasty in the Empire, the Czech Lands and Italy2 From John Sobieslaw to John of Moravia3 A Few Words about Sources2 Illegitimate Children in the Late Middle Ages1 The Status of Bastard Children in Late Medieval Society2 The Royal Bastards of the Bohemian Luxembourgs and Their Careers3 The Bastard1 Youth and Early Ecclesiastical Career2 The Vyšehrad Provostry4 Bishop1 The Litomyšl Episcopate2 The Occupancy of the Olomouc Bishopric5 Patriarch1 The Patriarchate of Aquileia in the Middle Ages2 Appointment and Preparations for New Office3 Arrival in the Patriarchate and the New Government of Udine4 The Assassination of Federico di Savorgnano5 The Controversy over the Bishopric of Concordia6 Francesco Novello da Carrara and the Anti-Visconti League7 New Conflicts and New Truces8 The Death of Augustine of Litomyšl and the Escalation of Tension9 A Fragile Peace10 “… fuit interfectus dominus patriarcha …”6 Historical Memory1 Damnatio memoriae versus patriarcha sanctae memoriae2 John of Moravia in the Written Tradition7 Final ReflectionsExcursus 1: John of Moravia and John SobieslawExcursus 2: Capitula contra patriarcham Johannem de Moravia1 EditionExcursus 3: The Itinerary and Residences of John of MoraviaIllustrationsBibliographyArchival SourcesEditions of Sources, Inventories & CataloguesRenaissance, Baroque & Enlightenment HistoriographyNewspapersSecondary LiteratureOnline ResourceIndex

"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 knownstory 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).