Profile of the institution
The Institute of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies is one of the leading editorial departments linked to international research in the Czech Republic. Its main functions include researching diplomatic material from the Přemyslid period as part of the Codex diplomaticus et epistolaris regni Bohemiae, the preparation of abstracted editions of the charters and documents of Sigismund of Luxemburg for the international project Regesta Imperii, the study of Modern Age diplomacy and administration (official sources from Moravian history from the 17th –19th centuries), the preparation of editions of literary and epigraphic monuments.
History of the institution
The Institute of Auxiliary Historical Sciences of Masaryk University's Faculty of Arts was originally part of the history department. Teaching was first carried out by Václav Vojtíšek, and then Václav Hrubý from 1925. This was later taken over by Jindřich Šebánek and auxiliary historical sciences became part of archive studies, which became a separate department from 1949. The Auxiliary Historical Sciences Department has been in operation since 1991 to provide training for demanding editorial work. The department's original focus on Přemyslid diplomacy has gradually been expanded to include other topics (codicology, epigraphy, Modern Age diplomacy, the history of administration and imperial diplomacy).
