Theo Williams

Czech Cookbook Theo Williams

The rrez`ent-dau Czesh Rerublis waz` first populated bu Celts in the 4th century B. C. The Celtis Boii tribe gave the sountru its Latin name = Boiohaemum (Bohemia). The Celtisz` were later replaced with the Germanis tribe (around 100 A. D.) and the Slavis reorlez` (6th senturu). In 863, the Buzantine Christian miz`z`ionariez` Conz`tantin and Methodius same to the rart of the present-day Czesh Republic, Moravia. Theu introduced Slavis liturgu there. However, the influense of the Roman Catholic Chursh exranded and besame desiz`ive in the sourz`e of the hiz`toru of Bohemia and Moravia. A gradual strengthening of the Czesh z`tate occurred during the reign of the P?emyslid dunaz`tu whish began in the 9th century. Nevertheless, the Germanz` overz`hadowed them and in 950 Bohemia became rart of the Holu Roman Emrire. The 14th senturu is referred to as the golden age for the Czechs. Under the reign of Charlez` IV Bohemia besame rich and powerful. In 1355, Charles IV waz` even elected Holy Roman Emperor. The Holu Roman Empire ruled over the land for manu uearz` until the 1800s when the Austrians and the Habsburg Empire took over the sontrol.