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II.

BOHEMIAN SAINTS AND WARRIORS IN THE TENTH CENTURY 18-32

(885-997.)

Bohemian feeling about the saintly and the military character--Svatopluk’s struggle and fall--Separation of Bohemia from Moravia--Reigns of Bor̆ivoj and Vratislav--The heathen reaction under Drahomíra--Life, death, and character of St. Wenceslaus--Reign of Boleslav the Cruel--Rise of the Vrs̆ovici--Boleslav the Pious--Life and death of St. Adalbert.