Václav Žůrek is a historian at the Czech Academy of Sciences’ Centre for Medieval Studies. He is the managing editor of Studia Mediaevalia Bohemica. Ian Finlay Stone graduated from the University of Cambridge and has translated works for various agencies and government bureaus.

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• I. THE ANCESTRY OF YOUNG VÁCLAV II. YOUTH (1323-1346) III. YEARS OF BUILDING AND SEEKING RECOGNITION (1346-1349)IV. THE IMPERIAL CAMPAIGN (1349-1355) V. EMPEROR AND KING (1355-1368) VI. THE LATE YEARS (1368-1378) VII. THE REIGNING STYLE OF CHARLES IVVIII. CEREMONIES AND RITESIX. THE WISE KING X. THE PIOUS KING XI. HISTORY IN THE SERVICE OF DYNASTYXII. THE SECOND LIFE OF THE FATHER OF THE COUNTRY Notes Bibliography List of illustrations Index Summary

Václav Žůrek is a historian at the Czech Academy of Sciences’ Centre for Medieval Studies. He is the managing editor of Studia Mediaevalia Bohemica. Ian Finlay Stone graduated from the University of Cambridge and has translated works for various agencies and government bureaus.

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• I. THE ANCESTRY OF YOUNG VÁCLAV II. YOUTH (1323-1346) III. YEARS OF BUILDING AND SEEKING RECOGNITION (1346-1349)IV. THE IMPERIAL CAMPAIGN (1349-1355) V. EMPEROR AND KING (1355-1368) VI. THE LATE YEARS (1368-1378) VII. THE REIGNING STYLE OF CHARLES IVVIII. CEREMONIES AND RITESIX. THE WISE KING X. THE PIOUS KING XI. HISTORY IN THE SERVICE OF DYNASTYXII. THE SECOND LIFE OF THE FATHER OF THE COUNTRY Notes Bibliography List of illustrations Index Summary

Václav Žůrek is a historian at the Czech Academy of Sciences’ Centre for Medieval Studies. He is the managing editor of Studia Mediaevalia Bohemica. Ian Finlay Stone graduated from the University of Cambridge and has translated works for various agencies and government bureaus.

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• I. THE ANCESTRY OF YOUNG VÁCLAV II. YOUTH (1323-1346) III. YEARS OF BUILDING AND SEEKING RECOGNITION (1346-1349)IV. THE IMPERIAL CAMPAIGN (1349-1355) V. EMPEROR AND KING (1355-1368) VI. THE LATE YEARS (1368-1378) VII. THE REIGNING STYLE OF CHARLES IVVIII. CEREMONIES AND RITESIX. THE WISE KING X. THE PIOUS KING XI. HISTORY IN THE SERVICE OF DYNASTYXII. THE SECOND LIFE OF THE FATHER OF THE COUNTRY Notes Bibliography List of illustrations Index Summary