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The Einsiedeln chapels in Bohemia and the influence of the margraves of Baden-Baden

Publication at Faculty of Arts |
2021

Abstract

The paper discuss the propagation of the cult of the Virgin of Einsiedeln in the Bohemian lands during the 17th and 18th centuries. Among the patrons of cult, the margraves of Baden-Baden played a crucial role which is shown on the examples from their manors, especially on the case of Johann Georg Track who, so the argument of the paper, translated the cult from Rastatt (Baden) to his birthplace in Bohemia.