400 aniversarium provinciae Bohemiae Societatis Jesu 1623 – 1773 – 2023 ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** Catholic Theological Faculty Charles University invites for a CONFERENCE 400 ANIVERSARIUM PROVINCIAE BOHEMIAE SOCIETATIS 1623 – 1773 – 2023 Date and venue: 21st - 23rd September 2023 Programme [ URL "https://www.ktf.cuni.cz/KTF-3006-version1- On September 23, 1623, Mutius Vitelleschi, Superior General of the Order, sent a letter to proclaiming the creation of the Province of Bohemia, dividing the extensive Province of Au territorial extent of the Bohemian Province corresponded to the Lands of the Crown of Bohe at the time by the House of Habsburg in their capacity as Kings of Bohemia. From the confe of view, it was comprised of mostly Catholic territories, a significant part of which was reCatholicization in the following years. Silesia permanently remained a place of legally competition between Catholicism and Lutheranism. The new Province can be ethnically and li characterized as Czech and German with more or less equal share of the two groups. There w number of Polish speaking Jesuits from the Opole part of Silesia as well as several indivi Lusatia or natives of today’s Belgium, the Netherlands, England, and Spain. In 1623, the P over 650 priests, lay brothers, scholastics, and novices. Their number doubled over the fo years, and continued to grow, making the Province one of the largest in Europe. Its import evidenced by the number of its religious houses, of the students and alumni, of the quanti literary, religious and scientific works as well as by the magnificent architecture of the together with the colleges, still dominate squares in many important Bohemian and Moravian development of the Province was disrupted around the middle of the 18th century due to the Austrian Succession. As the result of the war, Silesia was incorporated into Prussia, whic borders of the Province had to reflect. In 1755, the Province of Silesia was formed with r in Silesia and Kłodzko. This naturally had consequences for the Province of Bohemia. It lo one university and more than a quarter of its members. The ethnic composition of the Provi well, namely in favor of Czech-speaking members. The 1760s brought an increasing interest joining the Society or studying in the schools of the Bohemian Province. This development the dissolution of the Society in 1773. The Congress of Vienna provided space for the rene Jesuits returned to Prague in the middle of the 19th century. The Jesuits in Bohemia start chapter, significantly different from the preceding one. The planned conference is dedicated to the development, life and suppression of the Provin the so-called Old Society, that is, to the period from 1623 to 1773 with meaningful overla examine the Province mainly in the context of the development of the Jesuit Order in early the 17th and 18th centuries, focusing on the functioning of the Province as a whole and of members, as well as on its distinguishing features compared to other Provinces, especially maintained closer ties with the Province of Bohemia (Austria, Germania Superior, Gallo-Bel Belgica). Contact: locus.pietatis(zavinac)gmail.com [ MAIL "locus.pietatis(zavinac)gmail.com"] , valentova(zavinac)hiu.cas.cz [ MAIL "valentova(zavinac)hiu.cas.cz"] , oulikova(zavinac)ktf "oulikova(zavinac)ktf.cuni.cz"] .