Abstract
The paper deals with the phenomena of early modern eschatology and thanatology, which will be seen with respect to funeral culture. Within historical research, funeral culture has seen a rise in popularity since the second half of the 20th century thanks to scholars such as Erwin Panofsky, Philippe Ariès or Michel Vovelle worldwide and Pavel Král, Jiří Roháček or Radmila Prchal Pavlíčková in the Czech Republic.
The paper gives a general overview of eschatology in the period of 1500-1700 within Czech lands, focusing on questions such as what were the imaginings of the after-life and how did they develop and change during the era of confessionalism? What were the strategies people employed to ensure salvation? And how did the struggle of salvation between Catholics and Evangelicals resonate in public space and everyday life in bi or multiconfessional cities such as Prague?