Abstract
This work focuses on the lower nobility's world, should make a contribution in congition of the After the Battle of White Mountain period through the eyes of those who stood by the monarch and adhered to the same values. The After the Battle of White Mountain period is crucial for study of the lower nobility.
Just at this time it is possible to observe beginning of the so called "new nobility" because there was a complete change into an ennoblement procedure. The first three decades after an issue of the Renewed Establishment, that codified these changes, the new system of admission into noble estate was being improved.
In an effort to differentiate ancient noble families from those who were ennobled by the monarch, title system was also widened. The hierarchy of titles became wery unclear that is why it had to be reduced in following periods.
Key reference of study of this issue are deed of elevation or their concepts. In the observed period 1627-1657 are these references sharing very little, nevertheless they can help researcher to uncover secrets of a newly established social group: people, who had not held aristocracy estate as a family tradition, but gained them from their achievements, and thus can help to complete a puzzle of the lower nobility world in this period.
Cardinal topics of this thesis are changes in title system, way of ennoblement procedure and, last but not least, also achievements that helped in The After the Battle of White Mountain period in becoming aristocracy. By studying further sources and literature the author tried to make a discovery if the ennobled and their families were able to benefit from awarded privileges and climbed up to higher levels of aristocracy's hierarchy and how the new nobility's careers further developed.
Findings regarding single persons are further introduced in form of biographs of new aristocrats and their families.