Abstract
In this chapter Lenka Bobkova, the author of an acclaimed prosoporaphic study of Bohemians, who emigrated from Prague and northern Bohemia to the nearby German city of Pirna in the decades following the Battle of White Mountain, presents a broad overview of Bohemian emigration during this period to all areas, including Saxony, Poland, Hungary, the Low Countries, and Sweden. Whereas earlier Czech historians viewed the post-hite mountain period as a low point in Bohemian history and exaggered its negative effects, the author provides a balanced perspective of this exile, addressing economic, familial, cultural, and other factors. Since the dawn of human history, some people have always been forced to leave their native country, leaving behind their family tradition, culture, and material certainties. One of the most remarkable exoduses in European history occurred as a consequence of political turmoil in a continent convulsed by the seemingly endless Thirty Years' War. Keywords: Battle of White Mountain; Bohemian emigration; earlier Czech historians; European history; Thirty Years' War
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