Politics

Václav Benda

1946–1999Local figure

Václav Benda

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  • Studied here

    Carolinum

    The medieval university headquarters became a battleground over who controlled learning in Bohemia. The 1409 Kutná Hora Decree gave the Czech university nation dominant voting power, prompting many foreign masters and students to leave Prague and helping transform the university into a centre of Hussite politics.

  • Lived here

    Václav Benda Apartment and Memorial Plaque

    He lived here from 1969 to 1999 and hosted the founding meeting of the Committee for the Defense of the Unjustly Prosecuted.

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