Jan František Beckovský
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Jan František Beckovský (August 18, 1658 – December 26, 1722), was a Czech
historian, writer, translator, and priest.
, Brno
, Vienna
and Prague. In 1685 he entered the Knights of the Cross with the Red Star religious order
, in 1688 he was ordained as a priest
. Beckovský was in a friendly reationship with another Czech writer of that time, Bohuslav Balbín
. From 1688 to his death in Prague
, he worked as an administrator of the monastery in the New Town, Prague
.
Czech people
Czechs, or Czech people are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic. Small populations of Czechs also live in Slovakia, Austria, the United States, the United Kingdom, Chile, Argentina, Canada, Germany, Russia and other countries...
historian, writer, translator, and priest.
Life
Beckovsky was born and studied in Havlíčkův BrodHavlíckuv Brod
Havlíčkův Brod , Německý Brod until 1945 is a town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It is also the capital of the Havlíčkův Brod district. It is located on the Sázava River in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands and has a population of 24,321 as of 2003...
, Brno
Brno
Brno by population and area is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative centre of the South Moravian Region where it forms a separate district Brno-City District...
, Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
and Prague. In 1685 he entered the Knights of the Cross with the Red Star religious order
Religious order
A religious order is a lineage of communities and organizations of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with their specific religious devotion, usually characterized by the principles of its founder's religious practice. The order is composed of initiates and, in some...
, in 1688 he was ordained as a priest
Priest
A priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...
. Beckovský was in a friendly reationship with another Czech writer of that time, Bohuslav Balbín
Bohuslav Balbín
Bohuslav Balbín was a Czech writer and Jesuit, the "Bohemian Pliny," whose Vita beatae Joannis Nepomuceni martyris was published in Prague, 1670,...
. From 1688 to his death in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, he worked as an administrator of the monastery in the New Town, Prague
New Town, Prague
The New Town is a quarter in the city of Prague in the Czech Republic. New Town is the youngest and largest of the five independent towns that today comprise the historic center of modern Prague...
.
Works
- Poselkyně starých příběhův českých (1700–1723) - the chronicle in two parts, the first part contains events till 1526, in the second part Becovský depicts with the strong patriotic accent events till the beginning of 18th century. An important source of Czech patriotic education in 18th century.
- Zarmoucená a po svém milenci truchlivá hrdička aneb kající křesťanská duše... (1703) - catechetic treatise