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A Alexander IV, 198 The Abbey of St.Thomas at Stare´ , Allgemeine Schulordnung, 104, 164 200–212 All Saints Day, 137 Academy’s curriculum, 246 All Souls Day, 138 Ackerbaugesellschaft, see Agricultural Alois Sturm Society, 220 marries Veronika Mendel and takes over Acolytes, 131 farmstead 58 in Hyncˇice, 183 Act of laying hands, 254 Alt, Anton Franz, 223, 247 Advocatus,85 Altar boy, 147 Age of Enlightenment, 109 Alte Universita¨t, 328, 342 Friedrich II of Prussia, 109 Alumnate, 249 Joseph II of , 109 Alzˇbeˇta, the second daughter of Va´clav II, 205 Yekaterina II of Russia, 109 Amber routes, 157 Agraphia, 258 Amici, Giovanni Battista, 365 Agricultural activities Andre´, Christian Karl, 244 grain reaping, 133 Anima,16 harrowing, 133 Apostles, 132 mandels, 136 Apostolic visitation, 286, 291–297 plowing, 133 Abbey’s exemptive status, 292 reaper, 136 anti-secularization movement, 291 rolling, 133 archbishop in Prague, 291 scythe, 135 bishopric conferences (synods), 291 sowing, 133 decline of the monastic spirit, 291 Agricultural congress (Landwirtschaftlicher monasteries in Rajhrad and Nova´ Rˇ ´ısˇe, 292 Kongress) in , 220 observance of the canonical hours, 294 Agricultural sciences, 252 postrevolutionary church revival, 291 Agricultural Society, 220, 244, 322 visitation meaning, 293 Association of Sheep Breeders, 245 Archbishop, 254 intellectual atmosphere in Brno and in Aristophanes, 167 Moravia, 245 Aristotle, 9, 12, 16, 19, 22, 32, 33, 316 Mendel admitted as an extraordinary actualization, 18, 34 member, 322 classification of animals, 21 Pomological and Oenological Association, concept of animal reproduction, 20–31 244–245 corruption, 21 professors of agricultural sciences, 245 criticism of Plato, 9 Royal Horticultural Society in London, 245 dominance, 35 Akademisches Senat, 328, 329 dynamis,34 Alb, 255 embryonic development, 27–28 Alba Ecclesia, 157 energeia,25 Alexander the Great, 53 entelechy (entelecheia),25

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Aristotle (cont.) congenital, 31 epigenesis, 28 heredity, 31 essentialism, 37 inheritance, 31 femaleness as a deviation, 33 Peri zoon geneseos,31 four levels of resemblance, 32 Artificial fertilizers, 353 four qualities, 27 Artificial pollination, 245 generation, 21 Artificial selection, 243 generative process Ascension Day embryology, 21 Pentecost, 146 reproduction biology, 21 Whitmonday, 146 genesis (generation),21 Whitsunday, 146 genotype, 35 Whitsuntide, 146 interpretation, 35 Association of sheep breeders, 245 inventory of reality (see Aristotle Astronomical clock, 180 inventory of reality) Athena, 31 kinesis,34 Atkins, Q.D., 53 knowledge-gathering process, 9 Attributes, 19 like begets like, 37 accidental, 13 and Mendel, 41 actual, 17 metabolism,25 essential, 13 and modern genetics, 39–41 first principle of change, 18 monster, 33 individual-specific, 15 organic,23 oak tree, 20 Parmenides, 18 opposites, 18 phenotype, 35 potential, 18 physiological interpretation of inheritance, 33 variable, 15 plant sexuality, 29 Auber, Daniel Francois Esprit, 198 pneuma,34 Park, 326 preformation, 26 Augustinian (black) canons, 199 psyche,23 Augustinian Hermits soul, 15 activities of, 200 spontaneous generation, 29 discalced, 200 teleology, 37 Augustinian monastery in Stare´ Brno Theophrastus of Eresos, 29 description, 206 theory of change, 16–20 history of construction and Aristotle’s cosmology, 24 reconstruction, 206 Aristotle’s doctrine, 36 traditional interpretation, 36 classification, 199 Aristotle’s hylomorphism, 14 eremitism, 199 esentialism,37 foundation and history, 198 essentialist species concept, 38 relocation to Stare´ Brno, 206 species, 37 teachers at the Philosophical Institute, 206 Aristotle’s inventory of reality, 10, 39 Aula, 328–330 hypokeimenon, 10, 19 Aula Regina, 205 kategoria,10 Aula sanctaeMariae, 205 ousia, 10, 16 Ausgedinge, 361 Aristotle’s species concept Ausgeding/Vy´meˇnek, 183 eidos,36 Auskultant, 219 morphe,36 Auspiz, Josef A., 363, 367 particular,36 Austerlitz, 70 real, 36 Austin friars, 199 species (a universal), 36 Austria– Monarchy, 287 Aristotle’s Theory of Inheritance Austrian Academy of Sciences, 331 Index 385

Austrian Alps, 240 Beskydy mountains, 45, 46 , 71, 81, 269 Biblical hermeneutics, 252 army, 105 Biedermeier furniture, 210 ethnic composition, 128 Biological diversity, 238 feudal lords, 81 Bird’s eye view of the St. Thomas Abbey March laws, 269 in Stare´ Brno, 208 National Guards, 269 Birth of a Naturalist, 147 nobles, 81 Bishop, 254 parliament, 269 Bishop Schaffgotsch, 289, 302, 322 1848 revolution in Budapest and Vienna, 269 Bishop’s hostility toward the St. Thomas Austrian Gymnasien, 167 Abbey, 290 Austrian Habsburgs, 61 Bishop’s Throne in Brno, 287–291 Austrian Manchester, 196 archbishop, 287 Austrian or Czech , 179 archdiocese, 288 Austro-Hungarian Empire, 72 attack on the Abbey, 290 Autodidact Mendel, 318 benefices, 288 Automata, 40 bishop, 287 Avars, 72, 324 bishopric, 288 A Year in a Village, 137–146 canons, 288 cardinals, 287 cathedra, 288 B college, 288 Babenbergs, 324 collegiate chapters, 288 Bach Decade of Darkness, 286 1855 Concordat, 290 Bach’s hussars, 286 decree issued by Franz I in 1802, 290 Concordate of 1855, 286 diocese, 178, 287 Ferdinand abdicated, 286 parish, 287 Germanization, 286 pope, 287 return to pre-1848 state, 286 reform of the monasteries, 290 secret police and army, 286 secularization, 291 The Battle of the Nations, 106 synod, 288 Beck, Martin, 173 Black Death, 78 Basedow, Johann Heinrich, 112 Black Madonna, 201, 204, 209 Basilica minor, 207 Blaumeisen, 233 Battle at Marchfeld, 67 Bı´lovec, 76, 77 Battle of the White Mountain, 160 Blue tits, 233, 238 Battle of Wagram, 106 Bohemia, 59 Baumgartner, Andreas, 246, 247, 306, 308, 310, Avars, 64 317, 318, 320, 322, 323, 332, 333 , 64 director of the Imperial-Royal China Western , 64 Factories, 308 Bohemian telegraph, 308 bureaucracy, 128 Bavaria, 99 Bohemian Kingdom, 65 Becˇva River, 157 crown lands, 81 Beitra¨ge zu einer Aesthetik der Pflanzewelt, 240 Bohemian King Prˇemysl Otakar I., 77 Bekynˇska´ ulice, 251 Bohemian King Vladislav, 201 Bellini, Vincenzo, 198 Bohemian Massif, 47, 49 Be´lokostelı´, 158 Bohemian state, 63 Beˇlotı´n, 87 Boii, 59 Belvedere Park, 326, 342 Bonaparte, Napoleon, 269, 324 Benesˇovid dynasty Bonitz controversy, 348 Kravarˇe, 76 Bonitz, Herrmann, 318, 331 Kravarˇsko, 76 Boreal zone, 239 Berzelius, Jons€ Jakob, 352 Boreus, 239 Beseda brneˇnska´, 236 Botanical Garden, 240, 343 386 Index

Botany, 238 Bru¨nn, 69, 71 Botys (Scopula) margaritalisHu¨bner, 357, 358 Brunner, Sebastian, 347, 348 Brahms, Johannes, 358 attacks on Unger, 348 Bratra´nek, Toma´sˇ, 213, 224–226, 238, 247, Brunner-Unger controversy, 348 258, 278, 363 Bucephalus, 11 Beitra¨ge zu einer Aesthetik der Buchberger, Anton, 319 Pflanzenwelt, 240 Bu¨rgerwehr, the Citizens’ Guard, 271 floristics, 240 Burgtheater, 327 the green esthetics, 240 Burian, Zdeneˇk,73 life story, 231 Buttermilk (Johann Mendel’s favorite Jagiellon University at Krakow president, 231 drink), 177 professorship at Lvov, 231 Buzek, Bonifa´c, 227, 228 retirement, 231 Bystrˇice River, 177 secularization, 231 Byzantine (Orthodox) forms of Christianity, 63 Breeders’ categories, 243, 244 Brno, 49, 71, 198 bishopric, 249 C the capital of Moravia, 178 Caesar, Julius, 306 churches, 192 Caesario Regio ac Episcopali Instituto city on two rivers, 191 Theologico Brunensis, 249 culture, 197 Calced, 200 ethnic composition, 192 Canonical hours, 213 etymology of name, 192 Canon (ecclesiastical) law, 252 fortifications and castles, 192 Canons, Augustinian, 199 hills, 191, 192 Canons regular of St. Augustine, 199 history, 192, 193 Cantaloupe melons, 244 human occupation, 191 Cardinal, 254 industrialization, 196 Carmelites, 199 learned societies, 197 Carnuntum, 323 maps, 195 Carolingian dynasty, 64 museum, 198 Carpathian block, 49 musical culture, 198 Carpathian Mountain system, 47 musical life, 236 Cassock, 255 Philosophical Institute, 240 Castiglione, Count Baldassare, 245 provincial town, 191 Catechetics, 252 railroad to Vienna, 197 Cathedra, 178 rivers and races, 192 Cathedral, 178 Sisters of Mercy Institution, 289 Cathedral church, 288 size and its growth, 197 Cathedral of Saint Va´clav, 178–179 streets, squares, gares and quarters, 192 Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, 249 theater (Reduta), 198 Theological Institute, 231 attacks on Unger, 348 urban development, 196 Bonitz controversy, 348 Brno, Inner city, 193 Brunner-Unger controversy, 348 Brno’s Technical Institute Catholic influence at the university, 347 Ecloges, 320 Catholic influence at the university, 347 teachers Catholicization, 68 Diebl, Franz, 321 Cattle breeding, 88 Helcelet, Jan, 321 Catullus, 166 Hruby´,Va´clav, 321 Cause Kolenaty´, Bedrˇich, 321 efficient, 20 Bronze Age, 51 formal, 20 Brothers of Mercy in Stare´ Brno, 258 material, 20 Bruchus pisi, 357, 358 Cˇ echy (Bohemia), 46 Bruckner, 358 Cecilian movement, 237 Index 387

Cˇ ejcˇ, 239 Cistercian convent cˇeledˇ,85 foundation and closure, 205 Celts, 53 renovations by Augustinians, 205 Censorship, 129 Cistercian nuns, 251 Census, 80 Cistercians, 209 Ceremonial vestments, 255 Clergy shirt, 255 Cˇ esky´ masiv, 47 Clerical clothing, 255 Chain reaction, 40 Clerical collar, 255 Change Coalition Wars, 105 accidental, 17 Coenobium, 199 change (metabole) and motion (kinesis),17 College of Doctors, 348 matter (hyle),19 College of Professors, 348 motion, 6 Collegiate church, 288 non-substantial, 17 Collegium Ducale, 328 substantial, 19 Collegium Iuristarum, 328 Changeover type, 34 Communion Chapel of Virgin Mary, 86 under both kinds, 132 Chaplain, 114 high mass, 132 Chapter hall, 206, 210 Concept, 238 Chapters, 200 Concept of generation Characters Confession, 253 character states, 32 , 268 kinesis,34 Conservatory, 233 Charles Albert of Sardinia, 268 Consistorium, 329, 348 Charles IV of Luxembourg, 65, 201, 236, 327 Constantine the Great, 201 Chasuble, 255 Constitution, 268 Chemistry Institute, 352 Contest between two queens, 256 Cherubini, Luigi, 235–237 Convent of the Brothers of Mercy at Childcare on a farm, 136, 137 Vienna, 323 Christianity, 159 Corve´e, 83, 127 Christmas, 138, 139 Corvinus, Matthias, 178 Bethlehem, 140 Coubine, Othon, 73 Christmas cake, 141 1589 Council of Cambrais, 294 Christmas carols, 141 Counselors, 200 Christmas Eve, 139, 141 Cro-Magnon people, 191 Christmas magic, 139 Crop rotation, 221 Christmas tree, 140 Crosier, 204 Christ’s entry into Jerusalem, 143 Crown of Saint Wenceslas, 66 cre`che, 140 Curia, 200 midnight Christmas mass, 141 Cyga´nek, Chrysostomus, 281, 294, 300 nativity festivities, 139 Cyril and Methodius, 218 Chromosomes, 40 Cyrillic alphabet, 63 Church in Dolnı´ Vrazˇne´, 114 Czech crown, 65 Church music at the St. Thomas Church, 233 Czech land Church of assumption of Virgin Mary, 205 White Mountain battle, 111 Church of Saint Va´clav, 177 Czech-Moravian Heights, 191 Church of St. John, 246 Czech or Moravian Brethren, 111 Church of the Ascension of the Virgin Mary, 195 , 61 depiction and description, 208 Czech petitioning the emperor Cicero, Marcus Tullius, 166, 167 abolishment of the robota, 274 Ciga´nek, Chrisostomus Antonı´n, 212, 225 Czech as an official language, 274 Cigars smoking, 215 demands of autonomy for the Czech Cincture, 200 lands, 274 388 Index

Czech petitioning the emperor (cont.) Dobrovsky´, Josef, 218 recognition of Czech as official Doctor honoris causa, 221 language, 274 Doktorencollegium, 330 Reichstag, 274 Doktorenkollegium, 331 Unification of Czech crown lands, 274 Dolnı´ Veˇstonice, 51 Czech queen, 203 Dolnı´ Vrazˇne´, 87, 104, 105, 114 , 47 Domain of Novy´ Jicˇ´ın, 87 Czechs, 273 Domains (Odry and Hranice), 157 Czech Silesia, 47 Dominicans, 198, 199 after WWII, 61 Donaukanal, 325 Donizetti, Gaetano, 198 Doppler, Johann Christian, D 318, 337 Daguerre, Louis J. M., 185 demonstrative experimental physics, 339 Dangers of pastoral work, 257 poor health, 339 Danube River, 157, 323, 326 Drahotusˇe, 158, 159 Darwin, Charles, 149 Dual Monarchy Darwin Austria–Hungary, 287 Origin of species, 240 Imperial and Royal, 287 theory of natural selection. 240, 311 Duchy of Silesia, 81 Day at home with the Mendels, 130 Dudecy, Joseph, 258 Day at home with the Mendels Dyje River, 299 Broni (Veronika), 129 Dynamis,34 daily and annual routines, 129 Hans (Johann), 129 harvest, 130 E mass, 131 Earth’s origin, 310 prayer, 131 Easter Sunday, 143 Resi (Theresia), 129 Holy Week, 142 school, 130 resurrection of Christ, 144 sources of light, 131 Saints Peter and Paul, 87, 88 Deacon, 254 Easter festivities, 142 Degeneration, 19 Ecloges, 320 Dekanen, 329 Eder, Benedict, 204, 217, 221 de Lafayette, Marquis, 179 Education level of the friars, 225 Demolierpolka, 325 Educators Demosthenes, 167 Christian Gotthilf Salzmann, 111 De rerum natura, 320 Johann Heinrich Basedow, 111 Der Man ohne Eigenschaften (The Man Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, 111 Without Qualities) in Kakanien Warburga Truchsess-Zeil, Countess Maria, (the Kakaland), 287 112 Der Nachsommer, 309 Eichler, Toma´sˇ, 184 Descartes, Rene´,9 Eidos, 11, 16, 28, 31, 36 Deus ex machina185–186 Election of the Bohemian king, 67 Deuterai ousiai,10 Elevation of St. Thomas Monastery to Didactica Magna, 111 an abbey, 203 Diebl, Franz, 221, 247, 248, 321 Ele´ven, 338 di Lasso, Orlando, 237 Elisabeth Richeza (Elisˇka Rejcˇka) of Poland, Director of the Imperial Royal China Factories, 67, 205, 252, 256 307–308 Emauzy, 105 Distribution of the name “Mendel” in present- Emperor Franz I, 249 day Germany, 99 Emperor Joseph II, 82 Divisˇ, Prokop, 299 Empire’s Schools DNA and RNA molecules, 39 classical Gymnasium, 166, 168 Index 389

educational system, 164 Farmers, 89 Habsburg Monarchy, 167 Farmstead No. 58 Hauptschule, 165 agricultural revolution, 120 humanities appearance, furnishing and arts, 167 reconstruction, 116 liberal arts, 167 basic crops, 120 Jesuits, 166 beehives, 118 Klassenlehrer, 165 crop cultivation, 120 language, 166 farming machinery, 117 Musterhauptschulen, 165 fields, 120 nationalists, 164 grafting, 118 Normalschule, 165 lucerne (alfalfa), 121 people’s school, 165 meadows, 120 Realschulen, 165 orchard, 117 Trivialschulen, 165 potatoes, 121 trivium, 165 sugar beet, 121 Volksschule, 165 vegetable garden, 118 Endlicher, Stephan Ladislaus, 343 Fasching, 270 Enk, 318 Faustian deal, 260 Enlightenment, 110 Favorita, 342 Ens, Faustin, 173, 174 Feather stripping, 142 Entropy, 39 Fecundation,27 Epilepsy, 258 Fenzl, Eduard, 364, 365 Episcopal Theological Institute of Brno, 249 Ferdinand I, 66, 267 Erbrichterei, 89, 90 abdicated, 179, 286 Erben, Karel Jaromı´r, 144 perjury, 66 Erbrichter,85 Ferdinand II, 268 Ere¯mos, 160 Kingdom of the two Sicilies, 268 Essence (to ti en einai), 13, 14 Spanish Bourbon, 268 Essentia,13 Ferdinandka, 181 Estate Academy at Olomouc, 245, 321 Ferdinand of the Habsburgs, 67 Estate of Countess Walpurga in Kunı´n, 243 Fertilization,27 Ether,24 Fetal membranes, 28 Euclid, 75 Fetation,28 European universities, 336 Fetus,28 Evolution by natural selection, 41 Feudalism, 57, 82 Examination Committee, 303, 305, 318, 363 Feudal system Baumgartner, 306 lords, 57 conclusion, insufficient knowledge, 318 vassals, 57 members, 318 Feudum,56 Mendel application to the committee, 306 Fiaker, 332 recommendation, Mendel should take Fidelitas,56 courses at University of Vienna, 318 Fief,56 Rudolf Kner, 306 First mass (the “Primiz”), 254 Exegesis of the New Testament, 252 First World War, 287 Exner, Franz, 331 Floristics, 239 Ex nihilo generation, 8 Fogler, Benedikt, 224, 281, 369 Fojt,85 Fojtstvı´,85 F Form, 14, 15, 23, 26, 32, 36 Fachlehrer, 169 Aristotle equation Deuter ousia = eidos = Fara, 113 to ti en einai = to katholon,15 Fara´rˇ, 114 eidos, 23, 26 390 Index

Form (cont.) G ensouled, 23 Gabriel, Phillipp, 223, 234, 247, 278, 281 first actuality, 20, 23 Galatai,51 generation cycles, 37 Galicia, 231 katamenia,27 Galli,51 morphe,23 Garment of a friar, 200 potentiality, 20 black woolen habit, 200 privation, 20 cloak scapular, 200 psyche,23 hood, 200 second actuality, 23 Ga¨rtner (Ga¨rtler) or zahradnı´k, 91, 106 sperma,26 Gastronomical standards in Moravia, 214 ultimate substance (ousia),36 Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis, 352 France, 269 Gefu¨hlte Paprika, 359 The First Republic, 269 Genealogical tables, 91 1830 revolution, 269 Genera plantarum, 343 1848 revolution, 269 Generation, 17, 20 The Third Republic, 269 character, 3 , 198, 199 heredity/inheritance, 3 Franklin, Benjamin, 299 offspring, 2 Frantisˇek (Franz) Diebl, 248 parent, 2 Frantisˇek Va´clav Mı´cˇa, 73 in plants, 29 Frantisˇek Xaver Richter, 73 progeny, 2 Franzens-Museum in Brno, 220, 321 Genes,34 Franz, Friedrich, 184 Genesis, 17, 31 recommends Mendel for admission to Genetic program, 40 the Augustinian Abbey at Stare´ Genetics,33 Brno, 185 Genomic metaphysics, 41 Franz I, 164, 267 Genos, 111 Franz, Josef, 285, 324, 331 Genotype,34 neoabsolutism, 286 Genus, 11 return to pre-1848 state, 286 Geological Institute, 342 Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof, 332 Germanic Confederation, 272 Franz Joseph I, 292 Grossdeutschland, 273 Franz, Vinzenz Joseph, 288 Nationalversammlung (National Assembly) Frater, 199 in Frankfurt, 273 Frau Smekal, 359, 360 German immigration, 68 Frederick II, 179 Germanization, 68, 77 Free peasants or freeholders (svobodnı´ci Gesinde,85 or deˇdinnı´ci),84 Gilbertines, 199 Freisassen,84 Gindl, Franz Anton, 288, 289 Freud, Sigmund, 73 Gistel, Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xavier, Friar, 199, 200 315, 316 Friars of the St. Thomas Abbey in Stare´ Glacis, 325 Brno, 224 Gluck, Christoph Willibald, 198 Friedberg, 247 Godel,€ Kurt, 73 Friedrich II, 65 Goethe, JohannWolfgang, 157, 198 Friese, Johann, 350 Goethe’s archive in Weimar, 227 Frondienst,83 Goethe, Schiller, Lessing, Shakespeare, and Fruit-tree nursery, 113 Moliere, 198 Fulnek, 76, 80, 88, 170 Goethe’s Faust, 238 Fux, Johann, 184 Golden Bull of Sicily, 65 Gothic style of handwriting, 281 , 324 Index 391

Grafting, 114 Helfsˇty´n, 158 Grammatica, 166 Hellenistic culture, 167 Grauert, Wilhelm Heinrich, 318 Henslow, John Stevens, 149 Gray, R.D., 53 Heraclitus, 7, 18 Great Moravia, 61, 62 Heraclitus of Ephesus, 6 Greek language, 167, 252 Hermit Friars of St. Augustine (Augustine Greek philosophy, 10 Hermits or Austin Friars), 199 Gretry, Andre´ Ernest Modeste, 198 Hermits, 160, 199, 200 Grossglockner, 239 Herrschaft,80 Gross Petersdorf, 87 Hippocrates, 258 Guest Book, 221 HMS Beagle, 149 Gu¨rtel, 327, 358 H.neanderthalensis,51 Gymnasium, 173, 180, 299, 332 Hochwu¨rdigen, 361 Brno, 247 Hofburg, 270, 324, 358 Jesuits, 299 Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 358 Hofnaturalien Kabinett, 350 Hohenems family, 112 H Hohenzollern German Empire, 72 Ha´ba, Alois, 73 Hohe Tauern, 239–240 Habsburg duchies, 67 Holy Communion, 256 Habsburg dynasty, 66, 67 Holy Council in Rome, 296 Habsburg Empire, 82, 267 Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, 200 Habsburg Monarchy, 164 Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa, 201 Habsburg rulers , 64–66, 71 directives (patents), 84 Holy Week Franz I, 84 Carnival, 143 Joseph II, 84 clappers, 144 Leopold II, 84 colored eggs, 144, 145 Theresia, Maria, 84 Easter Monday, 145 Habsburgs, 66 Easter Sunday, 144 Hana´ci, 177 Easter switch, 145 Hana´k in paradise, 177 Fasching, Fastnacht,orFasnet, 143 Hana´ region, 176 Good Friday, 144 Hanka, Va´clav, 45 Holy Saturday, 144 Hanusˇ, I.J., 231 Jewish Passover (Pesach), 142 Harrach und Rohrau, Count Franz Xaver Lent, 143 von, 111 Lupercus, 143 Hausarbeit, 306 Masopust, 143 Hauskapelle, 234 Maundy Thursday, 144 Hausphysikus, 258 Saturn, 143 Haussmann, Georges-Euge`ne, 325 switches, 144 Haydn, Joseph, 112, 236, 237, 358 Homage, 56 Hay making, 135 Homer, 1, 16, 167 Heat (thermon) Odyssey, 1 soul heat (thermoteta psychiken),24 Homo erectus, 50, 191 vital heat (thermoteta zotiken),24 Homo sapiens,60 Heckel, Johann Jacob, 308 Horace, 166, 167 catalogue, 308 Horizontal Pieta, 201 fishes, 308 Hornı´ (Male´) Vrazˇne´,87 Heinen, Werner, 174 Hortus medicus, 342 Heinrich (Henry) of Carinthia, 67 House of Savoy, 268 Heinzendorf, 71, 86 Kingdom of Sardinia, 268 Helcelet, Johann, 184, 246–248, 321, 367 Hox genes, 37 392 Index

Hradec Kra´love´, 205 Isispriester und Philistine, 348 Hradec nad Moravicı´, 170 Italian carbonari, 194 Hranice, 88, 158 Italian peninsula 1848 Hruby´,Va´clav, 321 Austrian domination, 268 Human species fight for constitution, 268 ante-Neanderthal, 50 House of Savoy, 268 archaic human, 50 Papal States, 268 mammoth hunters, 51 risorgimento, 268 Neanderthals, 51 pre-Neanderthal, 50 Humboldt, Alexander von, 227 J Hummel, Jan Nepomuk, 198 Jagiellon University in Krako´w, 232 Hungarian Diet, 270 Jahn, Pater Auremundus, 323 , 72, 324 Jana´cˇek, Leosˇ, 73, 198, 227, 236 Husites, 160, 193 Jaschke, Felix, 88, 89, 108 Husite Wars, 92, 201 Jednota Bratrska´, 111, 160, 161 Hus, Jan, 111 church, 161 Husserl, Edmund, 73 Saint Francis of Assisi, 161 Hutton, James, 312 Jejı´Pastorkynˇa, 237 Hybridization experiments, 240, 245 Jelacˇicˇ, Josip, 276 Hyle,16 Jesenı´ky Mountains, 45, 89 Hylomorphic doctrine Jesuit College, 247, 330 hyle and morphe,14 congress of the Holy Alliance, 172 substance (ousia), 14 Gymnasium, 172 Hylomorphism,14 library, 172 ˇ Hyncice, 46, 71, 86, 89, 104, 105, 108, 111, Jesuitenkirche, 330 114, 116, 161 Jesuits, 160, 180, 299, 328 ˇ Hyncice elementary school, 115 Jevı´cˇko, 216 Jicˇ´ın, 76 I Jindrˇich, Jan, 201 Il cortegiano (The Courtier), 245 Jindrˇich of Lı´pe´, 205, 252 Iltis, Hugo, 88, 126, 230, 240, 302, 313–315, Jirˇ´ı Brunta´lsky´ of Vrbno, 160 363, 364, 366 Jana´cˇek, Jirˇ´ı, 236 Imperial and Royal John of Luxembourg, 205, 252 Academy of Sciences in Vienna, 308 Joseph I, Franz, 179 president, 308 Joseph II, 114, 127, 128, 204–206, 247, bureaucracy, 320 249, 289, 290, 326 German abbreviation, 287 gambling (lottery), 289 Inbreeding, 243 Slavı´kovice, incident, 289 Individual form, 15 “the people’s emperor,” 289 Industrialization, 267 Joseph of Calasanza Inevitability and serendipity, 149–150, congregation, 160 185–187, 260–261 Josˇt, Lucembursky´, 202 Inheritance and heredity, 31 Judex,85 Intellectual atmosphere in Brno and Juliomontium, 177 in Moravia, 245 Jungmann, Josef, 218 International industrial expositions, 198 Juniorate, 252 In the Mist, 237 Intimate Letters, 237 Invalidenstrasse 13, 333 K Investiture,56 Kabinett, 370 Iron Age, 51, 53 Kaiser-Ferdinand-Nordbahn, 332 Index 393

Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Klassenlehrer, 173, 369 328, 329 Klassische Gymnasium, 167 Kaiserliche-ko€nigliche ma¨hrisch-schlesische Kla´sˇter kra´love´ (The Queen’s Convent), 203, 205 Gesellschaft zur Befo€rderung des Klausurarbeit in physics, 314, 317 Ackerbaues, der Natur- und Klausurpru¨fung, 363, 364 Landeskunde in Bru¨nn, 220 Kleidergeld, 300 Kaiserlich und ko€niglich, 287 Klein Petersdorf, 87 Kakania, 286–287 Klhronomikothta,31 Kanzler, 329, 330 Klimt, Gustav, 358 Kaplan, 114 Klironomikotita,31 Karlskirche, 324 Kner, Rudolf, 306, 310, 312, 313, 317, 318, 350 Karl VI, 179 catalogue, 308 Kasper, Rosina, 126 courses, 350 Katamenia, 28, 29 fishes, 308 kath’ hekaston,11 harshness in evaluation of Mendel’s Keller, Augustin Anton, 224, 244, 253 geological essay, 313 Kinds of Animal zoology lectures, 342 copulation (coition), 21 Knights of the Cross, 251 oviparity, 21 Kokoschka, Oskar, 358 semen (sperma, seed), 21 Kolenaty´, Bedrˇich, 321 viviparity, 21 Kollar, Vincenz, 350, 351, 362 Kinesis,17 Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky, Graf Franz Anton, 128 Kingdom of Bohemia, 61 Komensky´, Jan Amos, 73, 110, 111 King John of Luxembourg, 200 Konditereien, 359 King Victor Emmanuel II, 269 Kooperator (= Kaplan, vicar), 256, 287 Kingdom of Italy, 269 Kossuth, La´jos, 270 risorgimento, 269 Kra´lovska´ zahrada (The King’s Garden), 251 k.k. geologische Reichsanstalt, 342 Krama´rˇ, Frantisˇek Vincent, 73 k.k. Naturalien-Kabinett, 308 Kra´tky´, Augustin, 369 k.k. zoologisch-botanischer Verein in Wien, 356 Kraus, Karl, 358 Kla´cel and Mendel kravarˇ,76 persona non grata, 230 Kravarˇ cattle,79 relationship, 230 Kravarˇsko, 76–80, 86, 99, 107, 121 Kla´cel, Frantisˇek, 225, 238, 300, 311, 363 Kravarˇsko/Kuhla¨ndchen, 103 Kla´cel, FrantisˇekMatousˇ, 224–226, 234, 238, Kravarˇsko region, 80 240, 247, 281, 300, 311, 363 Krawaren,76 conflict with Schaffgotsch, dismissal from Krˇ´ızˇkovsky´, Pavel Karel, 73, 180, 198, 225, teaching post, 228 226, 234, 238 death, 230 bishop’s censure, 236 disillusionment, 230 compositions, 236 emigration to the USA, 229 Jana´cˇek’s teacher, 236 fugitive, 229 nationalism, 236 goes into hiding, 279 move to Olomouc, 237 Hegelian, 228 reforming church music, 237 involvement in Prague Slavic Congress, 279 regenschori at Stare´ Brno, 234 at Libeˇchov and Praha, 229 studies in Olomouc, 182 life, 227 Krˇ´ızˇovnicka´ Street, 251 literary and editorial activity Plans to Kromeˇrˇ´ızˇ, 272 complete his doctorate, 279 Kubı´n, Otakar, 73 nationalism, 228 Kuhla¨ndchen, 78–80, 88 return to Brno, 229 Kundera, Milan, 73 Slavic Congress, 279 Kunı´n estate, 111, 112 Kla´cel, Ladimı´r, 231 Kunsthistorisches Museum, 327 394 Index

Kutscher (coachman), 299 Lipnı´k, Piarist school, 148, 149, 159, 160 Kymena,30 belfry, 163 church bells, 163 Easter and main vacations, 168 L examinations, 168 Lachenbauer, Johann Baptist, 288 grading scale, 168 Lahn,85 moral conduct, 168 Land division Piarist school and monastery, 163 domain,81 Saint Jacob Church, 163 manor,81 school year, 168 Landesausschuss, 219 vacations, 168 Landeshauptmann, 219 Lipnı´k nad Becˇvou, 159, 161 Landespra¨sidium, 253, 254 market square, 162 Landesschulrat, 367 Piarist monastery, 162 Land holdings ramparts, 162 bought in (eingekauft),82 St. Francis of Assisi church, 162 not bought in (uneingekauft),82 Liszt, Franz, 170 Land size Litomysˇl, 231 la´n (Lahn, hide), 85 Livestock production, 89 Lands of the Czech Crown Livy, 166 Bohemia (see Bohemia) Lobo, 11 Habsburg rule, 68 Lords of Sˇternberk, 81 Lusacia (see Lusacia) Loretto, 246 Moravia (see Moravia/Silesia) Lott, Franz Karl, 318 Silesia (see Moravia/Silesia) Lucˇice, 87 Landstrasse, 332 Lucretius, 166 Landtag, 218, 276 Ludwig, Archduke Karl, 289 Landtagen, 270 Luha river, 157 regional diets, 270 Luise Ondra´cˇkova´, 214 Lang, Alois, 224, 253 Lunch in the refectory as a social occasion, 214 Language tree of Europe Lupercalia, 143 gene trees, 51 Lusacia Greek, 53 eastward drive, 60 Greek civilization, 53 Lusatian Sorbs, 60 Indo-European languages, 51, 53 Magyars, 60 old Latin, 53 marches, 60 Slavic/Baltic languages, 53 Obodrites, 60 Last Supper, 132 Sorbs, 60 Lateinschule, 166 Veleti, 60 Lazˇansky´, Count Leopold, 275, 367 Lvov, 231 governor of the Moravian province, 275 Lyceum, 180 Leberkno€delsuppe, 359 Lyell, Charles, 312 Lehrjahre, Wilhelm Meisters, 157 Lemberg, 231 Leopold I, 127 M Leopold II, 268 Mach, Ernst, 73, 358 Leopoldstadt District of Vienna, 332 Magyars, 72, 78, 287 Libeˇchov, 229 autonomy, 287 Liebig, Justus, 352, 353 passive resistance, 287 Like begets like, 33–34 seven weeks War, 287 Lime carting farmers, 88 Mahler, Gustav, 73, 358 Limestone quarries, 80 Ma¨hrisch-Weisskirchen, 157 Lindenthal, Josef, 224, 281, 294 Makitta, Thomas, 115, 126, 148–150, 226 Index 395

Makowsky, Alexander, 368 lodging, 174 Mankovice, 114 museum, 174 Ma¨nnersingerverein (Men’s Choral Society), 236 Napp sent Mendel to Znojmo, 297 Manor, 81 neptunists, 312 Manor house, 81 nervous breakdown, 364 Manor lord, 80 northern railroad of the emperor Marchfeld, 323 Ferdinand, 181 March Laws, 269 phenotype, 34 , 69, 71 Pisum sativum, 357 Margravate of Moravia, 65, 81–82 plutonists, 312 Margrave of Moravia, 200 popular with both students and Marken,60 colleagues, 370 Maroncelli, Piero, 194 praemiant, 168–169 Matter preparing for a qualifying examination, 303 first, 14 prima classis, 168 prime, 14 prima classis cum eminentia, 168 May Day private life in Vienna, 358–360 May Day Eve, 146 probation period, 215 maypole, 145 professors of physics, 339 Walpurgis Night, 145 professors of zoology, 351 Mayor, 85 railroad connection, 181 Mendel, 42, 209, 239, 240, 249, 252, 254, 297, repetent in Olomouc, 182 336, 342, 343, 350, 352, 355, 370 returned to Brno seriously ill, 364 Abhandlungen, 357 sermons, 215 accomodation at Vienna, 332 Spallek’s and staff’s letters of ad em (ad eminentia), 168–169 recommendation, 305 agraphia, 364 substitute teacher at the Oberrealschule, ancestors, 90–102 366–370 application to the committee, 306 travel to Vienna, 332 autobiography, 175, 182, 186 tuition, 181 Botys (Scopula) margaritalis, 357 tutoring in Olmouc, 182 Bruchus pisi, 357 Znojmo requests substitute teacher, 297 courses for which he registered at Vienna Mendel ancestors University, 334–335 ethnic origin, 103 cucumbers and buttermilk, 186 Mendel’s pedigree, 91 disagreement concerning the origin of plant parish registers, 90 embryo, 364 protestant parish register, 92 encounter with bishop, 302 Roman Catholic register, 92 excursions, 239 Mendel, Anton, 120, 126, 149, 169 first publications, 356 accident, 175 fluency in , 215 farmstead No. 58, 106 good sense of humor, 360 GJM’s father, 103 good teacher, 310 GJM’s uncle, 104 on his choice of profession, 186 his life, 105 I accedens, 168–169 merry haulers of Heinzendorf, 108 III intereminentes (tertius inter parents appearance and character, 108 eminentes), 169 robota, 175 ill in Olomouc, 182 robota obligation, 84 I praemif. access, 168–169 serfdom, 84 Johann’s father, accident, 175 threshing, 134 Kaiser-Ferdinand-Nordbahn, 332 Mendel at Znojmo Kooperator, 297 accommodation, 300 liked by both students and colleagues, 302 financial problem, 300 396 Index

Mendel at Znojmo (cont.) Odra River, 170 performance, 300 Odry, 170 teaching load, 300 pedigree, 121 Mendel Failed Examination: Act Two Philosophical Institute in Olomouc, 158 accounting book, 362 school’s curriculum, 173 destruction of failed examination Theological Institute in Brno, 158 documents, 365 tutoring, 176 doctorate, 362 University of Vienna, 158 Examination Committee, 363 unspecified illness, 176 facts, 362 Mendel, Konstantin (Standtke), 92 police records, and an admission Mendel matriculation process register, 362 extraordinary student, 332, 333 second attempt, 362 index of lectures, 333 substitute teacher, 362 long-term accommodation, 333 tales of intrigue and cover-up, 362 matriculation book, 332 Mendel Family Napp’s fault, 333 origin, 103 Order of St. Elizabeth, 333 spelling, 98 ordinary students, 332 Swabia, 99 Mendel private life in Vienna, 358–360 Mendel First Publications exercitiae, 360 garden pea, 357 golden age of Vienna, 358 mustard (rape), Brassica rapa, 357 Strauss family, 358 pea weevil, 357 Mendel, Rosina, 79, 81, 87, 90, 108, 118, 170, radish (Raphanus sativus), 357 212 Mendel, Gregor Johann, 4, 226, 281 Mendel’s Abgangszeugniss, 174 ancetors, 45 Mendel’s boyhood, 147 handwriting, 281 Mendel’s breakdown Hyncˇice, 45 disagreement concerning the origin of the sisters, 123 plant embryo, 364 Mendel, Hans, 126 identity of the examiner, 364 Mendel, Johann, 75 nervous breakdown, 364 admission to the Abbey, 212 pollen’s contribution to the embryo, 365 “amber” journey, 158 Mendel’s classification of mammals, 316 baptismal ceremony, 121 tripartite stomach, 316 birthdate, 121, 122 Mendel’s disorder birthplace, 107 agraphia, 258 buttermilk (Johann Mendel’s favorite “dying patient”visited by his father and drink), 177 uncle, 258 childhood, 76 Mendel’s early priesthood, 254 course for Schulkandidaten und Mendel’s first qualification examination, 306 Privatlehrer, 175 the examination committee, 306 ethnic composition of Opava’s residents, the homework, 306 172 Mendel’s genes godparents, 121 gene pool, 72 Gymnasium, 172 origin, 72–73 Gymnasium in Opava, 158, 169 Slavic and Germanic origin, 103 Hauptschule in Opava, 176 Mendel’s grave illness instruction in natural history, 173 possible causes, 256 iron gate, 170 Mendel’s homework, 309 Johann’s birth, 158 earth’s origin, 310 monasterial name, 212 Mendel’s interest in meteorology, 310 Moravian Gate, 170 the natural history essay, 309 nationality, 151 the physics essay, 309 noviciate, 212 telegraph, 310 Index 397

Mendel’s 1849 illness, 257 GJM’s grandfather, 106 Mendel’s Klassenlehrer at Lipnı´k, 169 Mendel, Viktoria, 149 Mendel’s nationality, 150–152 Mendel visit in Hyncˇice Mendelsohn-Bartholdy, F., 236 Theresia marrying Leopold Schindler, 360 Mendel’s ordainment, 254 wedding ceremony and feast, 360 Mendel’s performance in religion Mendicant, 199 less than outstanding, 186 Merovingian dynasty, 64 Mendel’s qualifying oral examination, 314 Meˇsto (City) Brno, 192 confusions about date, 314 Metabole,17 failing, 314 Methodius, 63 Klausurarbeit, 314 Methodology of elementary school viva voce, 318–320 education, 252 Mendel Square, 209 Metropolitan bishop, 288 Mendel Student of Botany Metze, 183 artificial fertilization, 349 Mı´cˇa, Frantisˇek Va´clav, 73 Botanical Institute, 343 Michael, 236 experiments on plant and animal Milesians, 7 hybridization, 350 Milesian school, 5 Fenzl’s influence, 350 Millet, Jean Francois, 133 fertilization process in flowering The Angelus, 136 plants, 349 The Gleaners, 136 Genera plantarum, 343 Mineral collection, 240–241 interpretation, 349 Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Public Isispriester und Philistine, 348 Construction, 308 Mendel Student of Chemistry Minister of Finances, 308 artificial fertilizers, 353 Minister of Public Works, 308 chemistry courses impact, 354 Ministry of Culture and Education, 331 Chemistry Institute, 352 Minorite building complex, 246 element, 354 Minorite Monastery, 247 organic and analytical chemistry, 353 Minorites, 246 radical, 354 Minster of St.Va´clav, 237 Mendel Student of Physics Mı´stodrzˇitelsky´ pala´c, 204 demonstrative experimental physics, 339 Miter, 204 European universities, 336 Mitteilungen, 220 Physics Institute, 337, 339–341 Modern Europe Vienna location, 337 barbarians, 54, 56 Mendel Student of Zoology , 54 courses, 350 Charlemagne’s Empire, 57 Hofnaturalien Kabinett, 350 Eastern Roman Empire, 54 Mendel Student Paleontology and Mathematics Germanic kingdoms, 56 fossil, 355 , 56 index fossils, 355 Germanic tribes, 54, 57 logarithmic and trigonometric tables, 356 Hellenic culture, 54 Mendel, Substitute Teacher at the Holy Roman Empire, 57 Oberrealschule Romance languages, 54 Adolf Oborny, 369 Roman Empire, 54 Alexander Makowsky, 368 Western Roman Empire, 54, 57 Alexander Zawadski, 367 Modern Genetics Augustin Kra´tky´, 369 automata, 40 Benedikt Fogler, 369 chain reaction, 40 Josef A. Auspitz, 367 chromosomes, 40 Mendel, Theresia GJM’s sister, 125 DNA and RNA molecules, 39 Mendel, Valentine entropy, 39 398 Index

Modern Genetics (cont.) Moravska´ bra´na, 47, 48 evolution by natural selection, 41 Moravske´ Beˇlokostelı´, 157 genetic program, 40 Moth, Franz Xaver, 356 information, 39 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 75, 198, 236, nucleotides, 39 237, 358 Modra´cˇci, 233 Mucha, Alphonse, 73 Momentous Decision Museum, 173, 174 Monachos, 160 Music at the St. Thomas Abbey, 232–238 Monasterial scriptorium, 210 Musil, Robert, 287 Monastery(ies), 160, 161 Mustard (rape), Brassica rapa, 357 Monastery of the , 249 Mythos and Logos, 4 Monastery school, 163 ratio, 4 Monastics rational and logical, 4 ethnical composition, 215 reason and reasoning, 4 language, 215 Mongolians, 78 Mongols, 72 N Monks, 160, 200 Names of towns Mons Julii, 177 Brno, 69 Monster, 35 etymology, 69 Montane plant species, 240 Olomouc, 69 Morava, 47 Opava, 69 Morava river valley, 157 Napoleon Bonaparte, 106, 149 Moravia, 45 Napp, Franz Cyrill, 185, 234, 243, 244, 248, Moravian Church, 111 278, 293 Moravian Estates, 218 defends equal rights of Czechs in the Moravian flora, 239, 240 Landtag, 278 Moravian folksongs, 235, 236 displays sympathy with the Moravian Gallery, 204 revolutionaries, 278 Moravian Gate, 46–50, 59, 76, 90, 157, 159 flees to Jevı´cˇko, 278 Moravians, 60 Landespra¨sidium, 297 Moravian-Silesian border, 80 Landtag, 278 Moravia/Silesia and Mendel, 222 Avars, 62 Moravian patriot, 218 black Venus, 51 personality, 222 bronze age, 51 petition, 293 Buri, 62 proposes change of order’s Celts, 51 denomination, 293 glaciers, 49, 50 robota, 278 Ice Age, 49 Napp, Ludwig, 216 ice sheets, 49 Napp a nobleman, 221 interglacials, 49 Napp’s Eleven, 223 Iron Age, 51 Napp sends Mendel to study 2 years at the , 62 Vienna university, 323 moraines, 50 Nationale, 333 new stone age or neolithic, 51 National Guards, 269, 272, 276, 277 old stone age or paleolithic, 51 Nationalversammlung (National Assembly) paleolithic cultures, 51 in Frankfurt, 273 Pannonia, 62 Natural history (Naturgeschichte), 303 Pleistocene, 49 Natural history, University of Vienna, 341–343 prehistory, 50–52 Geological Institute, 342 , 62 Mendel chemistry courses, 342 Samo, 62 Plant analysis and description, 342 Index 399

Plant anatomy and physiology course, 342 Odrau, 81 Razumovsky Palace, 342, 343 Odry, 80, 81, 88, 90 Unger’s botany lectures, 342 Odry castle (manor house), 81 Vienna’s Botanical Garden, 342, 343 allodial (dominical), 81 Natural Sciences allodial land (urbarial), 81 biological diversity, 238 Czech crown lands, 82 boreal zone, 239 demesne (manor house), 81 botanical garden, 240 Odry Domain, 80–86, 91, 114 botany, 238 Odry parish, 98 herbarium, 240 Odvedene´ho prosba (Recruit’s Prayer), 236 hybridization experiments, 240 Odyssey of Examination Committee’s Pannonian zone, 239 report, 320 species concept, 238 Old Testament, 140, 142 tradition in the abbey, 238 Old Testament (exegesis), 252 Naturgeschichte, 369 Old University of Vienna, 328, 329, 331 Naturgeschichte des Tierreichs, 315 Olmu¨tz, 69 Naturhistorisches Museum, 327 Olomouc, 176 Naturlehre, 369 German confederation, 179 Naturwissenschaften, 303 Philosophical Institute, 180 Nazareth, 246 ramparts, 179 Neplachovice, 236 Olomouc bishopric, 178 Nestler, J.K., 246–248 Olomouc, capital of Moravia, 178 Neues Rathaus, 327 Olomouc University, 180 New methods in plant breeding, 245 On a fact-finding mission to Vienna, 278 New Testament, 143, 144 One being, 7 New town hall, 252 On the Origin of Species, 311 Nobel Prize level scientists Opava, capital city of Czech Silesia, 71 Bohr, Niels, 2 Church of St.Vojteˇch Copernicus, Nicolaus, 2 (Adalbert), 172 Darwin, Charles, 2 Claretians, 171 Einstein, Albert, 2 Dominicans, 171 Mendel, Gregor Johann, 2 Franciscans, 171 Newton, Isaac, 2 Jesuit College, 172 Planck, Max, 2 Jesuits, 171 Wallace, Alfred Russel, 2 Johanites, 171 Non-ceremonial clerical clothing, 255 location, 170 Nottig,€ Karl, 288 Minorites, 171 Novice , 212–216 Opava River, 171 daily schedule, 213 population, 170 rigor monasterial rules, 213 size, 170 Novy´ Jicˇ´ın, 77, 80, 88 Opava Gymnasium, 170 hatters, 80 Opposites, 19 milliners, 80 Opus Dei, 213 Nucleotides, 39 Oral examination, 317 Nursery garden at the Sˇardice estate, 243 Orbis Sensualium Pictus, 110 Nursery garden below the Petrov Hill, 245 Ordainment ceremony, 253 Ordainment of a priest, 254 Ordo Clericorum Regularium Pauperum O Matris Dei Scholarum Oberrealschule, 362, 363, 365, 369 Piarum, 160 Oberrealschule at Brno, 368 Organic and analytical chemistry, 353 Oborny, Adolf, 369 Organism Odpadly´ od srdca (The Faithless Heart), 236 evolution by natural selection, 38 400 Index

Osterreichische Akademie der Petrov Hill, 192 Wissenschaften, 328 Pfarre, 113 Otakar II, 67, 324 Pfarrer, 114, 115 Ottilie von Goethe (ne´e Pogwisch), 227 Pfarrer Kahlig, 360 Ottonian dynasty, 64 Phenotype, 32 Ousia, 10, 16 Philippe, Louis, 269 Ovid, 166 Philosophers Aristotle, 6 Heraclitus, 6, 16 P Parmenides, 6 Paganini, Nicolo`, 170 Plato, 6 Palacky´, Frantisˇek, 73, 181, 218, 273 Pythagoras, 16 Austro-Slavic program, 273 Socrates, 6 boycott the elections into the Frankfurt Philosophical Faculty, 332 Assembly, 273 Philosophical Institute, 178, 246, 330, 332, 368 Czechs, 273 examinations, 183 Palestrina, Giovanni, 237 obligatory and elective courses, 183 Pannonian zone, 239 Philosophical Institute of Olomouc, 180 Panstvı´,80 philosophoi,5 Papal States, 268 phthora,17 Paradigm shift, 42 Physics Institute, 337, 339, 340 Parish, 114 physiologoi,5 Parish garden at Dolnı´ Vrazˇne´, 244 Physis,5 Parish, parsonage, vicarage, or rectory, 113 Phytogeographical zones, 239 Parish priest (Koordinator or Pfarrer), 287 Piarist Hauptschule, 169 Parish priest, parson, vicar, or rector, 114 Piarist monks, 159 Parish priests, 244 Piarists, 159, 160, 163 Parler, Peter, 201 Piast dynasty, 67 Parmenides, 6, 17–19 Pindar, 167 Parmenides of Elea, 7 Pious exercises, 359 Parva, 166 Pisum sativum, 357 Passion, 144 Pius IX, 268, 292 Pastoral duties, 253, 256 Plan of the St. Thomas Abbey in Stare´ Brno, 207 Pastoral theology, 252 Plant and Animal Breeding in Moravia and at Pater (Father), 255 the St. Thomas Abbey, 242–249 Pater Schreiber, 243 academic breeders, 245 Peasant categories Agricultural Society, 244 celola´nı´k (Lahner, one-hide farmer),85 artificial pollination and hybridization, 245 chalupnı´k (Chalupner, gazarius, artificial selection, 243 domunculator cottager),85 categories of breeders, 243 cˇtvrtla´nı´k (Viertler, quarter-hide farmer),85 inbreeding, 243 podsedek or podsednı´k (Untersasser, nursery garden below Petrov Hill, 245 Hintersasse, Podsedker),85 plant breeding, 242 polola´nı´k (Halblahner half-hide farmer),85 Plato, 12, 18, 21 sedla´k (Bauer, rusticus, farmer),85 idea, 8 zahradnı´k (Ga¨rtler, hortulanius,gardener),85 knowledge-gathering process, 9 Peasant Diet, 277, 278 matter, 33 Peasants participation, 8 character, 109 Platzer, Gelasius, 223 Wars Plautus, 166, 167 Pectoral cross, 204 Plum brandy (slivovice), 135 Pekarˇska´ ulice, 251 Pneuma, 24, 25, 28, 30 Peritoma,22 informed matter, 27 Index 401

Podsednı´ci, 89 military suppression of the Prague Poesia, 166 uprising, 274 Pohorˇ,80 Prince Felix Schwarzenberg, 286 Pohorˇ Hill, 81, 90 Prince Friedrich Johann Jacob Celestin von Pohorˇsky´ kopec, 81 Schwarzenberg, 291 Pokorny´, Alois, 304 Prince Karl Lichnovsky, 81 Politische Schulverfassung (political Prince Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von constitution), 164 Metternich, 128 Pollen’s contribution to the embryo, 365 Principia, 166 Polzer, Vincentius, 221 Prior Baptist Vorthey, 224 Pomological Association in Prior general, 200, 203 Brno, 115 Prior perpetuus, 203 Pomological Oenological Association, Priors, 200 244–245 Pritsche (light carrice), 299 Pontifical regalia, 203 Privation, 17 Pope, 254, 292 Prodekanen, 329 Pope Benedict XIV, 203 Professorenkollegien, 329 Pope Innocent IV, 198 Professors of agricultural sciences, 245 Pope Innocent VI, 200 Proffesorenkollegium, 330, 331 Pope Pius VI, 249 Prorektor, 329, 330, 332 Portrait of Young Mendel, 251 Prosenioren, 329 Potato baking, 136 Protai ousiai,10 Potato harvest, 136 Prote hyle,14 Potato War, 104 Provincial Diet, 204, 218 Pragmatic sanctions, 179 Provincials, 200 Prague, 327 Prussia, 71 Germanic Confederation, 272 Prussians 1848 revolution in Prague, 272 marched into Silesia, 179 Slovansky´ sjezd (Slavic Congress) Psalter, 213 in Prague, 274 Psyche, 16 Pra¨miant, 169–170 Pythagoras, 18 Pra¨sidium, 328 Prater, 326 Prayer without ceasing, 214 Q Prelacy, 206 Quadi, 69, 71 Prelate, 219 Qualifying examination, 362 Premonstratensian monks, 158 facts, 362 , 199 second attempt, 362 Prˇemysl I, 65 tales of intrigue and cover-up, 362 Prˇemyslid dynasty, 65 Quinta essentia,24 Prˇemyslid king, Va´clav III, 178 “Prˇemyslid pedigree,” 299 Prˇemyslids, 192, 324 R Prˇemysl Otakar II, 66, 205 Rabbi Hesch (or Hirsch) of Da¨nemark, 221 Pre-Socratics, 18 Race for the mills, 250 Priest, 254 Radetzky, Joseph Wenzel, 268 Priesthood, 252–255 Radish (Raphanus sativus), 357 devotions, 253 Rajsky´ ostrov, 209 examinations, Mendel, 253 Ranbousek, Anselm Jan Evangelista, 212, 225, Ex studiis extraordinariis, 252 294, 300, 359 Ex studiis ordinariis, 252 laundry, 359 Primiz, 183 pious exercises, 359 Prince Alfred Windischgra¨tz, 274 Razumovsky, Count Andrey Kyrillovich, 342 402 Index

Razumovsky Palace, 342, 343 wrath of the unemployed, 276 Realgymnasium, 167, 168 Revolution in Prague 1848 Realien, 167 Austro-Slavic program, 273 Realschulen, 167, 366 boycott of the elections into the Frankfurt Recollect Augustinians, 200 Assembly, 273 Recollection, 200 Czech nationalism, 272 Rectory, 114 Germanic Confederation, 272 Redtenbacher, Josef (or Joseph), 342, 352, 353 slow start, 272 Reduta, 236 Unification of Germany, 272 Refectory, 206 Revolution in Vienna 1848 Regenschori, 233, 234 flight of the imperial court, 271 Reich,72 Metternich’s resignation and flight, 271 Reichsrat, 327 reforms and their withdrawals, 271 Reichstag, 270, 272, 274, 283, 285 Reichstag sessions, 271 Rejcˇka, E., 203 Revolution knocks Rektor, 232, 328–330 on the gate St. Thomas Abbey Rektorat, 328 outside of the city walls, 277 Relapse type, 34 Stare´ Brno, 277 Religion, 115 Rhetorica, 166 Religious order, 160 Richter,85 Rembrandt, van Rijn, 135 Richter, Frantisˇek Xaver, 73 Rems River valley, 99 Rickenza, 205 Reproduction Rieger, Gottfried, 234 asexual, 3 Rigorosa, 217 genus/species, 3 Rigorosum, 228 sexual, 3 Ringstrasse, 325, 328, 358 Resemblance parks, 326 hylomorphic doctrine, 32 Rin Tin Tin, 11 identity, 32 Rites (Offices), 213 variability, 32 Robing ceremony, 212 Revolt of the Friars, 280–285 Robot,83 addressed to the Reichstag, 280 Robota, 45, 83, 272, 278 calligraphic handwriting, 281 Rohrer, Rudolf, 239, 240 petition, 280 Roman (Catholic), 63 Revolution 1848 Roman Catholic Church, 254 Abolishment of robota, 272 parish register, 123 creation of National Guards, 272 protestant children, 123 Europe 1848 Romanesque rotunda, 204 France, 269 Romans, 53 Kingdom of Italy, 268 Rome, 53 lifting of censorship, 272 Rossbach, 86 Reichstag, 272 Rossini, Gioachino, 198 Relocation of Parliament to Kromeˇrˇ´ızˇ, 272 Rosner,€ Wilhelm, 212, 225, 253 Revolution in Brno 1848 Rostislav, 63 celebrations and demonstrations, 275 Rousseau, Jean Jacques, 111 civic, nationalistic, and social stages of the Royal garden, 256 revolution, 275 Royal Horticultural Society in London, demonstration of peasants against the 245 St. Thomas Abbey, 276 Rubicon, 306 governor of the Moravian province, 275 Rudolf IV, der Stifter, 327 Landtag, 275, 276 Rudolph of Habsburg, 205 National Guards, 276 Rule of Saint Augustine, 198 violent confrontation, 276 Rybny´ trh (the Fish Market), 252 Index 403

Rychta,85 Schwarzenberg, Felix, 291 Rychta´rˇ,85 Schwirtlich, Anton, 105 Rychta´rˇstvı´,90 Schwirtlich, Martin, 126 Schwirtlich name Czech origin, 103 S etymonlogy, 103 Sachertorte, 359 Schwirtlich, Rosina, 108 Sˇafarˇ´ık, Pavol, Jozef, 218 GJM’s mother, 106 Saint Nicholas Day, 138 origin, 106 The St.Thomas Quartet, 226 Scion, 114 Saints Scriptures, 213 birthday, 122 Sculetus,85 feast day, 122 Scythians, 72 name day, 122 Second actuality, 23 Saints Peter and Paul church in Dolnı´ Vrazˇne´, Secondary substances, 11, 12 123, 131, 140 kinds, 12 Salesky, Cardinal Franz, 288 present in, 12 Salzkammergut, 239 Secularization, 232 Salzmann, Christian Gotthilf, 112 Sedla´cˇek, Jan of Harkenfeld, 244 Samo’s Empire,62 Sˇembera, 294, 300 Sˇardice, 239 Va´clav, 224 Sato, Akie, 224 Semen Saturnalia, 143 female, 25–27 Scapular, 200 origin of, 22–25 Schaffgotsch, Anton Ernst, 288, 290, 293 pepsis,22 bishop of the Brno diocese, 290 sperma,22 recommendation to close the St. Thomas Seminary, 249 Abbey, 296 Seneca, 166 report, 293 Senioren, 329 Schaffgotsch, B., 228 Serrites, 199 dismissal of Kla´cel from PI teaching Shakespeare, William, 306 post, 228 Siege of Brno, 201 Schaumann, Ferdinand, 173, 224 Silesia, 45, 46, 76, 103 Schenk, Rosina, 115 Czech part, 59 Schindler, Alois, 90, 108, 109, 126, 148, 151, Lower, 61 215, 230, 321 Polish part, 59 Schindler, Leopold, 360 Silingi, 61 Schindler’s List, 93–98 Upper, 61 Schindler, Theresia, 127 Silesian/Moravian tundra, 50 Schleiden, Matthias Jacob, 365 Silvio Pellico, 194 Schlosser,€ Johann, Opava’s mayor, 173 Simple vow, 254 Schonberg,€ Arnold, 358 Singspiele (musicals), 234 School in Dolnı´ Vrazˇne´, 150 Sisters of St. Clare (the Clarisses), 299 School in LipnI´k, 148 Slavic Congress, 279 Schramm, Georg Slavic peasants Mendel’s teacher, 115 bondage, 83 Schreiber, Johann Edmund, 113, 123, 132, peasant, 82 148–150, 186, 243 serf, 82 Schubert, Franz, 358 Slavkov (Austerlitz), 193 Schulbildung (statutory education) law, 164 , 324 Schultheiss,85 ascension, 58 Schu¨tz house, 366 Balto-Slavic branch, 58 Schwarz, 212 Deˇdicˇane´,61 404 Index

Slavs (cont.) Steresis,17 Eastern Europe, 58 St. Gregory, 212 Holasici, 61 Stifter, Adalbert, 309 homeland, 58 St. John the Evangelist, 246 Opolane´,61 St. Michael Church, 252 Slezsko,47 Stock, 114 Slovaks, 59 Stole, 255 Slovan Amerika´nsky´, 231 St. Procopius, 236 Slovansky´ sjezd (Slavic Congress) in St. Procopius Chapel, 204 Prague, 274 Stra´nska´ ska´la, 191 Smetana, Bedrˇich, 227 Strauss, Johann the Younger, 325 Socrates, 8, 12, 17, 18, 32, 35 Streetcar, 251 ethical concepts, 8 String quartet of Count Michal Bukuvka, Solemn vows, 253, 254 234 sˇoltys,85 St. Thomas Abbey, 45, 195, 202 Soul, 16 Augustinians in Brno City, 202 heart, 24 church music, 233 nutritive, 23 commitment to teaching, 203 pepsis,24 move to Stare´ Brno, 203 rational, 23 natural sciences, 238–242 sensitive, 23 Plant and Animal Breeding, Spallek, Ambrosius Augustin, 303 242–249 Species (eidos), 11, 13, 14, 238 renovations, 203 Sperma,28 in Stare´ Brno first actuality, 27 depiction and description, 211 katamenia sunistanai,28 main library hall, 210 potentiality, 27 Thurn Foundation, 233 rennet,28 St. Thomas Church, 201, 202 secondary actuality, 27 St. Thomas Quartet, 223, 225 setting, 28 Stubentor, 328 Sˇpilberk, 211 Sturm, Alois, 127, 149, 361 Sˇpilberk Hill, 192, 201 Sturm, Veronika, 127 Spohr, Louis, 236 St. Walpurga, 289 Spontaneous Generation, 29–30 Subdeacon, 254 Sprachinsel,69 Subject, 19 Staatsoper, 326 Substances Sta¨ndische Akademie, 245 primary, 10 St. Anne’s Hospital, 256 secondary, 11 St. Anne’s Hospital complex, 251 morphe, Form, or eidos,19 Stare´ Brno, 193, 195, 206 substance (ousia),19 nursery, 244 Substantial form, 15 plan, 196 Substitute Teacher at Brno’s Technical Starobrno pivo, 211 Institute, 320–322 Stary´ Jicˇ´ın, 76 Substrate, 19 State of the Empire Substrate (hypokeimenon),16 Austrian Empire, 127 Su¨dbahnhof, 332 Austrian Monarchy, 127 Sudetenland, 71, 78 Holy Roman Empire of Germanic Mountains, 77 Nations, 127 Moravia, 47 St. Augustine of Hippo, 198, 252 Silesia, 47 St. Benedict, 213 Sudetes Mountain system, 47 Stephansdom, 324 Suffragan bishops, 288 Steppe and halophilic (salt-loving) plants, 239 Summer solstice, 139 Index 405

Supercontinents Thomas Zauhar, professor grammaticalis, 173 central Europe, 49 Three kings, 140 Pangea, 49 Caspar, Melcher, and Balthazar, 140 Susˇil, Frantisˇek, 198, 235 Three King’s Day, 141 Su¨sser, Fulgens, 224, 247, 253 Thucydides, 167 Svatopluk, 63 von Thun-Hohenstein, Count Leopold Svatopluk musical society, 237 (“Leo”), 331, 336 Svaty´ Kopecˇek (the Holy Hill), 177 Thurn and Walsassin, Countess of, 233 Svitava, 191 Thurn Foundation at the St. Thomas Abbey, Svratka River, 191, 250 233, 236 Swabia, 112 Tiers of the ranking order, 254 Swabian origin of the Mendel lineage, 99 Timetable of the meals, 214 Symbebekos,15 Tolerance Decree, 114 Symbebekota,15 Tolstoy, Lev Nikolayevich, 75 characters, 42 Toma´sˇ Bratra´nek, 213, 224 Syntaxis, 166 Toma´sˇ Garrigue Masaryk, 73 Sy´recˇek, 177 Tonsure, 255 Torten, 359 to ti en einai,13 T Tradition in the abbey, 238 Tacitus, 166, 167 Transcendental, 8 TafelspitzmitG’ro€ste, 359 Transfer of the Estate Academy, 246 Taking death out from the village, 143 Trinitarians, 199 Tavern at the Blue Lion, 250 Trinity Sunday Technical Institute, 246, 322 Corpus Christi, 146 in Brno, 321, 322 Tripartite God, 132 Te Deum, 146 Trophe,22 Telemachos, 31 Troppau, 69, 71 Teleology Truchsess, 112 bad, 38–39 Tunica alba, 255 good, 38 Turks, 72, 78 purpose in nature, 38 Turk siege, 324 Telos,38 Tvaru˚zˇek, 177 Textile manufacture, 80 Thaler, A., 240, 247, 253 Thaler, Aurelius, Antonius, 233, 239, 240 U Thales of Miletus, 5, 10 Unger, Franz Plant Anatomy and Thaya, 299 Physiology, 342, 365 Theological Institute, 249, 251–253 artificial fertilization, 349 Theological Institute in the former Dominican botany lecture, 342 monastery, 250 Die Urwelt in ihren verschiedenen Theologoi,5 Bildungsperioden, 346 Theresia, Maria, 104, 126, 169, 179, 328, 342 Unity of Brethren, 111 GJM’s sister supports his studies from her Universals, 14 dowry, 183 Universita¨t, 327 Theresianische Akademie or Theresianum, Universita¨tshaus, 328–331, 342 342 Universita¨tsplatz, 330 Third Reich, 72 University of Giessen, 352 Thirty Years War, 78, 114, 178, 201, 203 University of Vienna, 327–332 Thomas Abbey in Stare´ Brno Austrian Academy of Sciences, beehouse, 211 331 beer brewary, 211 college of Doctors, 348 gardens and orchards, 211 college of Professors, 348 summerhouse, 211 colleges, 328 walls, 211 course attendance, 330 406 Index

University of Vienna (cont.) Violent confrontation, 276 Dekanen, 329 Virgil, 166, 167 faculties, 330 Virginia cigar, 307 Mendel study place, 338 Vital heat, 27, 30 old University, 328, 329 katamenia,28 Philosophical Faculty, 332 pneuma, 23, 28 Philosophical Institute, 330, 332 psyche,23 Upper and Lower Lusatia, 65 Viva Voce, 318–320 Urbar,98 committee of eight members, 318 Urbarium,98 imperial-royal bureaucracy, 320 , 199 Odyssey of Examination Committee’s Utraquists, 111 report, 320 Utrecht treaty of 1714, 268 Vladislav II, 179 Vocation to the priesthood, 256 Vok of Kravarˇ,76 V Vok’s town, 77 Va´clacv III, 205 Vo€lkerwanderung,73 assassination, 205 Volksschule or Grundschule, 104 extinction of the Prˇemyslid line, 205 von Bach, Baron Alexander, 286 Va´clav Sˇembera, 224 von Baumgartner, A., 247 van Beethoven, Ludwig, 81, 121, 170, 198, von Canaval, Michael Franz, 184 231, 236, 237, 358 von Dietrichstein, Franz Cardinal, 160 Vatican’s reaction to the visitation report, Vondra´cˇkova´, 239 296 von Ettingshausen, Andreas, 340 Veith, Baron Antonı´n, 229 von Ga¨rtner, Karl Friedrich, 350 Venetia, 268 von Goethe, J.W., 227, 240 Verdi’s Requiem, 237 von Harkenfeld (Sedla´cˇek), Johann Veronika, 126, 361 Nepomuk, 244 Veronika Mendel von Humboldt, W., 227 GJM’s sister, 125 von Karajan, Theodor Georg, 318 Veronika Vrbı´kova´, 229 von Metternich, Klemens, 267 Veselı´, 45, 89, 92, 98 von Montani, Sibylla Polyxena Francesca, Veselsky´ Hill, 45, 46 232–233 Veselsky´ kopec, 79, 89 von Napp, Cyril Franz, 63 vestes sacrae (holy garments), 255 abbot, 217 Vestments, 255 the last feudal, 217 Vienna, 323 life, 216 amber route, 323 a man of the world, 217 assassin attacked Franz Joseph, 326 von Schrattenbach,Vinzenz Joseph Franz Sale Belvedere Park, 326 Graf, 249, 288 Botanical Garden, 342 von Sonnenfels, Josef, 329 Danube River at Carnuntum, 323, 326 von Sˇternberg, K.G., 227 etymology of name, 324 von Stuffer, Wenceslas Urban, 288 facelift, 324 von Tschermak-Seysenegg, Erich, fortifications and their demolition, 324 364 geography, 323 von Unckrechtsberg, Eduard Ritter history, 323 director of the philosophical Institute at Leopoldstadt District, 332 Olomouc, 184 Mendel experience, 370–371 von Weber, Carl Maria, 198 plan, 323 von Zelinka, Johann, 297 railway stations, 325 Vorthey, Johann Baptist, 294 waterways, 325 Votivkirche, 326 Vindobona, 324 Vows, 252 Vineyards, 201 Vows, text of, 253 Index 407

Vrazˇne´ slaughtering of the pig, 134 etymology, 70 Wittgens, Josef, 184 Vranicky´, Antonı´n, 73 Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 358 Vranicky´, Pavel, 73 Wladislaus Kratky, 174 Vrazˇenka, 86 Wobraska, Josef, 246 Vrazˇne´, 87 Wokenstadt, 76 Vy´prask (Threshing), 236 Wrath of the unemployed, 276

W X Walburg, 112 Xanthippe Walpurgis Night katamenia,35 pranks, 145 Warburga Truchsess-Zeill, Countess Maria, 110–112, 114, 150 Y War of Austrian Succession, 61 Year of the Natural Cycle on Anton Mendel’s Waterloo, 149 Farm, 132–137 Waterways, 325 Wellington, 149 Werner, Abraham Gottlob, 312 Z Wesiedel, 86 Zahradnı´ci, 89 Westbahnhof, 332 Zalesky, Frank, 231 Western Slavs Za´mecke´ na´meˇstı´, 249, 250 Bohemians, 60 Za´mecke´ Square, 209 conversion to Christianity, 62 Zauhar, Thomas, professor grammaticalis, Czechs, 59 173, 174 Moravians, 60 Zawadski, Alexander, 367 Polabian Slavs, 59 Zekeli, Lukas Friedrich, 355 search for new homeland, 59 Zˇ elezna´ bra´na (Iron Gate), 157 , 60 Zenker, Alois, 226 West Slavic languages, 59 Zˇ luty´ Hill, 204 White Canons of Pre´montre´, 199 Zˇ luty´ kopec, 211 White Canons of St.John Lateran, 199 Znojemske´ okurky (Znojmo cucumbers), 299 Wiener Kirchenzeitung, 347, 348 Znojmo - location and climate Wiener Schnitzel, 359 convent of the Clarisses at Znojmo, 300 Wienerwald, 323, 326 history of town and Gymnasium, Wiener Zeitung, 347 298–302 Wienfluss, 326 lightening rod, 299 Wieser, Frantisˇek Kristia´n (1800–1868), 223 Mendel popular with both students and Windischgra¨tz, Alfred, 276, 291 colleagues, 370 Winkelmayer, Alipius, 294 pocket money advance payment, 300 Winter Znojmo wants Mendel back, 319 plaiting, 134 but Napp has other plans for him, 319