Tombstones in St. Vitus cathedral in Prague

This thesis addresses the development of sepulchral monuments in St. Vitus cathedral in Prague from its beginning in the tenth century until the present, with focus on the Gothic and the Renaissance periods. It examines what sepulchral monuments tell about the society and the people of their time through the characteristics of their art, and how the tombstones correspond to, describe and closely connect with the history of St. Vitus, and, through it, with the history of the country.;It also discusses the historical, architectural, and archeological background of St. Vitus cathedral, in order to make it easier to understand who was buried there and why. It shows how international the society of people buried in St. Vitus had been, and how the style, size, material, and even the language of their sepulchral monuments has changed.