Michaela Hrubá is dean of the Faculty of Arts and professor of history at Jan Evangelista Purkyne University. Jan Royt is professor of history at Jan Evangelista Purkyne University and professor of art history at Charles University. Tána Šimková is assistant professor of architectural history at Jan Evangelista Purkyne University, where she heads the Centre for the Documentation and Digitisation of Cultural Heritage. Lea Bennis translates Czech to English.

• Introduction /13Ore mining in the Ore Mountains and the establishment of mining towns /17The mining profession and mining law /33Medical care, hospitals, and social solidarity /43Mining guilds and their representation /46Coin minting and medal making /50The patron saints and piety of miners /54The mining towns after Luther’s theses, and confessionalisation in the Ore Mountains /61Between the Gothic and the Renaissance: In search of the ‘Saxon Renaissance’ /69The Saxon Renaissance in architecture /72The urbanism and architecture of mining towns in the Ore Mountains /84Faith and piety in mining towns in the context of religious monuments /119Remembering Prísenice /168The mining towns of Slavkov Forest /174Review of sources, literature and internet sources /186

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