Bohuslav Balbín

Bohuslav Balbín was a writer, historian, pedagogue, catholic priest, philosopher and geographer (1621–1688). He was born at Hradec Králové and died at Prague.

Also recorded as Bohuslav Balbin.

Bohuslav Balbín in brief

Born
1621
Died
1688
Known for
writer, historian, pedagogue, catholic priest, philosopher, geographer, poet and teacher
Place of birth
Hradec Králové
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Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the heading Bohuslav Balbin. His recorded languages were Latin, Czech and German. His recorded confession was Catholicism.

Career and activity

Bohuslav Balbín worked in historiography, history of literature, literary theory, theatre and educational system.

He belonged to Society of Jesus. He worked at Klatovy, Opava, Broumov and Jičín.

Catalogued works

34 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1730 to 1992.

Miscellanea historica regni Bohemiae. Heiliger Berg, oder Ausführliche Beschreibung des wunderthätigen Bildnuss unser Lieben Frauen ob dem Heiligen Berg im Königriech Böheimb. Verisimilia hvmaniorvm disciplinarvm sev Ivdicvm privatvm de omni literarvm. Vita B. Joannis Nepomuceni martyris, authore P. Bohuslao Balbino, Soc. Jesu conscripta, nunc denuo edita, et iconismis praecipua beati acta exhibentibus illustrata. Scalpro & sumptibus Joannis Andreae Pfeffel ... Bohvslai Balbini Societatis Jesu tabularivm Bohemo-genealogicum. Bohuslai Balbini e S.I. Bohemia docta. Život svatého Jana Nepomucenského. Vita venerabilis Arnesti (vulgò Ernesti) primi Archiepiscopi Pragensis. Diva Montis Sancti, seu Origines & miracula magnæ Dei hominvmqve matris Mariæ. Qvaesita oratoria, utilissimus liber. Epitome historica rerum Bohemicarum. Pamětní nápis Bernardu Ignácovi z Martinic. O št̕astném někdy, nyní však přežalostném stavu království českého, zvláště pak o vážnosti jazyka českého čili slovanského v Čechách, též o záhubných úmyslech na jeho vyhlazení a jiných věcech k tomu příslušejících, rozprava krátká, ale pravdivá. Verisimilia humaniorum disciplinarum--. Vita B. Joannis Nepomuceni martyris. Bohemia docta. Vita venerabilis Arnesti, (vulgò Ernesti) primi archiepiscopi Pragensis ... ex ijs quae de eo vitae scriptor coaevus collegit, aliisq. Epitomes historica rerum Bohemicarum. Diva Wartensis. Rozmanitosti z historie Království českého. Balbin's Liber curialis C. VI. von den verschiedenen Gerichtshofen des Königreiches Böhmen. Rozprava krátká, ale pravdivá, "Obrana". Miscellaneorum historicorum regni Bohemiae decadis I. liber VII. regalis, seu De ducibus ac regibus Bohemiae. Krásy a bohatství české země. Bohuslava Balbína Rozprava na obranu jazyka slovanského zvláště pak českého. Rozprava krátká, ale pravdivá. Pamětní nápis Bernardu Ignácovi z Martinic =. Bohuslava Balbína Rozprava na obranu jazyka slovanského zvláště pak českého =, dated 1869. Kraśy české země, dated 1970. O št'astném někdy, nyní však přežalostném stavu království českého, zvláště pak o vážnosti jazyka českého čili slovanského v Čechách, též o záhubných, úmyslech na jeho vyhlazení a jiných věcech k tomu příslušejících, rozprava krátká, ale pravdivá, dated 1923. Vita S. Joannis Nepomuceni, sigilli sacramentalis protomartyris, dated 1730. Rozprava na obranu jazyka slovanského, zvlat pak eského, dated 1869. Der Briefwechsel zwischen Bohuslav Balbín und Christian Weise, 1678-1688. Lékaři v životě a díle Bohuslava Balbína / Petr Svobodný., dated 1992, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

9 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Balbín, Bohuslav, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Bohuslav Balbín und der böhmische Adel, Český časopis historický, 2025. Der Briefwechsel zwischen Bohuslav Balbín und Christian Weise 1678–1688, 2013. Balbín, Bohuslav (1621–1688), Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics, 2006. What did Bohuslav Balbín see during his visit to Děčín? The question of the origin and transformation of the "Dlouhá jízda" pathway in the early Baroque layout of the forecourt, Zprávy památkové péče, 2025. Die Schicksale der Königssaaler Chronik, Studia Historica Brunensia, 2016. Balbín’s Diva Montis Sancti (1665) and Its Vernacular Versions as a Type of Early Modern Translations, Acta Universitatis Carolinae Philologica, 2020. Bohuslav Balbín und der böhmische Adel, Český Časopis Historický, 2025. Bohuslav Balbín jako literární postava v nejnovější české prozaické tvorbě : Jezovita Balbinus Stanislava Komárka, Bohemica Litteraria, 2026.

Digitised editions and texts

10 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive, DataCite (Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository), DataCite (Sumptibus Et Cura Joannis Andreæ Pfeffel, Cæsarei Chalcographi), DataCite (in der Waltherischen Hofbuchhandlung), DataCite (Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung), DataCite (Bohemia) and DataCite (Jahrbuch Ständige Konferenz Mitteldeutsche Barockmusik).

Rozprava na obranu jazyka slovanského, zvláště pak českého: Dissertatio ... (1869) — Internet Archive. Bohuslava Balbína Rozprava na obranu jazyka slovanského zvláště pak českého ... (1869) — Internet Archive. Bohuslava Balbína Rozprava na obranu jazyka slovanského zvláště pak českého =: Dissertatio ... (1869) — Internet Archive. Život svatého Jana Nepomuckého (1914) — Internet Archive. Historical Scholarship, Politics, and Identity in Bohemia, c.1650-1690 (2024) — DataCite (Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository). Vita S. Joannis Nepomuceni : Sigilli Sacramentalis Protomartyris (1730) — DataCite (Sumptibus Et Cura Joannis Andreæ Pfeffel, Cæsarei Chalcographi). Beschreibung der berühmten Uhr- und Kunstwerke am Altstädter Rathhause und auf der Königl. Sternwarte zu Prag ... (1791) — DataCite (in der Waltherischen Hofbuchhandlung). Bohuslav Balbín a kultura jeho doby v Čechach (1996) — DataCite (Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung). Bohuslav Balbín und die zeitgenössische Kultur in Böhmen (1989) — DataCite (Bohemia). Zittauer Ausblicke nach Böhmen (2018) — DataCite (Jahrbuch Ständige Konferenz Mitteldeutsche Barockmusik).

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 22 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)) and 6 deposited research records (DataCite Commons). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Bohuslav Balbín studied at Palacký University Olomouc. the recorded working language is Latin, Czech and German.

The field of work recorded is historiography, history of literature and literary theory.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Klatovy, Opava and Broumov.

Chronology

  1. 1621Bohuslav Balbín born at Hradec Králové.
  2. 1688Bohuslav Balbín died at Prague.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Balbín, Bohuslav (1621–1688), Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics, 2006

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    Balbín, Bohuslav, Oxford Art Online, 2003

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    Bohuslav Balbín und der böhmische Adel, Český časopis historický, 2025

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  4. 4.

    DataCite Commons, deposited research records naming “Bohuslav Balbín”

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    Der Briefwechsel zwischen Bohuslav Balbín und Christian Weise 1678–1688, 2013

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  6. 6.

    Open Library author record for Bohuslav Balbín (Internet Archive), 32 catalogued works.

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    What did Bohuslav Balbín see during his visit to Děčín? The question of the origin and transformation of the "Dlouhá jízda" pathway in the early Baroque layout of the forecourt, Zprávy památkové péče, 2025

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  8. 8.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 4 articles naming Bohuslav Balbín.

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    Internet Archive, 6 digitised items catalogued under Bohuslav Balbín as creator.

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    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 3 works naming Bohuslav Balbín.

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    Wikidata, structured authority record Q710504: Bohuslav Balbín

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  12. 12.

    “Bohuslav Balbín”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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