Slavnostní laudatio přednesené na půdě Masarykovy univerzity dne 24. května 2006 při příležitosti udělení čestného doktorátu prof. Thomasi Winkelbauerovi

• Published in: Studia historica Brunensia Vol. 64; no. 1
• Main Author: Tomáš Knoz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Czech
• Published: Masaryk University 01.01.2019
• Subjects: Austria; Czech Republic; Doctor honoris causa; early modern history; historiography; Thomas Winkelbauer
• ISSN: 1803-7429; 2336-4513
• DOI: 10.5817/SHB2017-1-2

On 24 May 2006, Thomas Winkelbauer was presented with an honorary doctorate at Masaryk University in Brno. On this occasion a laudation was given, summarizing Winkelbauer's work as a historian of the Early Modern Age, as well as his role in establishing contacts between Czech and Austrian historiography. Winkelbauer's main area of interest is the history of the Habsburg monarchy in the 16th and 17th centuries in the widest geographical and methodological contexts. His research and publication activities cover the political, legal, social, economic, cultural and religious history of the period. Thomas Winkelbauer's academic work recently reached a new level with the publication of an extensive synthesis of the history of the Habsburg monarchy "Österreichische Geschichte 1522–1699. Ständefreiheit und Fürstenmacht", which was published as part of a series of "great" histories of Austria. Winkelbauer's office in the historical university building in Vienna’s Ring has become a natural meeting point for historians from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Germany and the Netherlands.