Poznamenání některých věcí aneb skutků Václava Holého jako reflexe konfesního násilí na východočeském panství Pernštejnů po polovině 16. století

The Unity of Brethren – which was subjected to persecution after 1547 due to the renewal of St Jacob’s Mandate – had a fairly dense network of congregations in East Bohemia, especially at the estates of the Pernštejn family and the Kostka of Postupice family. These noble families’ attitude to the existence of the Unity of Brethren was lenient and they did not prevent it from spreading, but since the ruler had issued the mandate prohibiting the Unity of Brethren to exercise religious activities, they had to order the congregations at their premises to close down and to ensure that the ruler’s will would be respected. Had they not done so, they would have been punished just as priests of the Unity of Brethren who attempted to ensure at least essential functioning of their religious communities by celebrating secret services and by intensive pastoral care. In the region below the Orlické Mountains, members of the Unity of Brethren congregations were cared for by priest Václav Holý – his fate in the period 1547–1559 is documented in a collection entitled Acta Unitatis Fratrum, which is the largest collection of documents pertaining to the history of non- Catholic confessional culture in the 16th century Bohemian lands.