"...Czech is still indispensable in the most districts of the land..." : Did a language program in the Joseph IIˈs decrees for the Czech lands exist?

Abstract

The article deals with the regulation of using Czech, German and classical languages in the administrative, school and Church spheres as it appears in the decrees published during Joseph IIˈs reign for the lands of the Bohemian crown.

Keywords

• Habsburg Monarchy
• Czech Lands
• Joseph II
• Language policy
• XVIIIth century