The Czech people gained widespread national pride during the mid-eighteenth century, inspired by the Age of Enlightenment a half-century earlier. Czech historians began to emphasize their people's accomplishments from the fifteenth through the seventeenth centuries, rebelling against the Counter-Reformation (which had denigrated Czech and other non-Latin languages). Czech philologists studied sixteenth-century texts, advocating the return of the language to high culture. This period is known as the Czech National Revival (or Renascence). COUNT 5
QSN1 What did the Czechs as a people gain during the mid-18th century? ANS1 widespread national pride QSN2 What inspired the Czech's national pride? ANS2 Age of Enlightenment a half-century earlier QSN3 What did Czech historians emphasize about their countrymen? ANS3 accomplishments QSN4 What did Czech philologists advocate? ANS4 the return of the language to high culture QSN5 What is the period during the mid-eighteenth century also remembered as? ANS5 Czech National Revival