In the history of the Czech lands, which 17th-century patriotic Jesuit scholar authored Dissertatio apologetica pro lingua slavonica, praecipue bohemica in defense of the Czech language?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Bohuslav Balbín
- Step 1: Bohuslav Balbín wrote his passionate defense of Czech culture and language around 1672 against centralizing Habsburg germanization, published posthumously in 1775. Answer: Bohuslav Balbín. Why not the others: Tomáš Pešina z Čechorodu, Antonín Koniáš and Matěj Václav Šteyer do not fit this historical event or period.
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