Chapter III

RELATIONS OF BOHEMIA TO POLAND AND TO THE EMPIRE IN THE
ELEVENTH, TWELFTH, AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES 33-66

(997-1253.)

Effect of the Hungarian invasions on the position of
Bohemia--The struggles between Bohemia and Poland--Romantic
stories of Oldr̆ich and Brac̆islav--Revival of
the Slavonic ritual--Brac̆islav’s victories in Poland--The
scene in the Church at Gnesen--Invasion of Bohemia by
Henry III.--The Pr̆emyslovci made hereditary Dukes--Spitihnĕv’s
anti-German policy--Election and policy of
Vratislav--The family opposition and its results--Relations
with Henry IV.--The first Bohemian king--Relations with
the Hohenstauffen--Vladislav’s policy and the opposition
of the nobles--Frederick Barbarossa--The second King of
Bohemia--Bohemians in Italy--Summary of Vladislav’s
reign--New disorders--Election of Pr̆emysl--Divisions in
the Empire and their effect on the Bohemian position--Contests
of King and Priest--Breach between Bohemia
and the Empire--Conquest of Austria by Bohemia--Accession
of Ottakar II.