It is no secret today that selected passages from the history of the Czech lands were in the not-too-distant past subordinated to the power interests of the time. For a long time, Great Moravia also belonged to the abused places of "national memory", in which the "first joint state" of Czechs and Slovaks was seen. Although he took it as his own on January 1, 1993, the path to a more sensitive interpretation of this remarkable historical chapter is still not free of prejudices and painful misunderstandings. Consistently emphasized exclusivity, taken out of context, often contradictory connections and superficial knowledge of Western European literature have distanced Great Moravia so much from the opinion coordinates of modern historiography that it has become an extremely suspect item of critical research. However, if we give up the obviously unsustainable state-building heritage of Great Moravia and its no less questionable influence on the social and power of Central Europe, what will remain of years of research and ongoing debate? So let's ask, when and on what foundations did the Mojmir princes build their power, why did their domain collapse in the course of a few years, why did no one try to restore it, and finally, what did the (Great) Moravians put into the wine of Central Eastern Europe? Prof. PhDr. Martin Wihoda, Ph.D. (* 1967) graduated from the Gymnasium in Opava and then from the Faculty of Philosophy at Masaryk University. From 1990 he worked as an assistant and professor at the Institute of History and Museology of the Faculty of Philosophy and Natural Sciences of the University of Silesia in Opava, since 1998 he has been working at the Institute of History of the Faculty of Philosophy of the Masaryk University in Brno. He received his Ph.D. in 1999, became an associate professor in 2005, and was appointed professor of general history (with a focus on the Middle Ages) in 2010. He completed studies and research stays abroad (including Würzburg and Marburg). In his scientific work, he mainly focuses on the transformation of Central Europe in the High Middle Ages. Support for the Fridays project: https://www.startovac.cz/patron/vasi-... Further information: http://www.patecnici.net/ / patecnici.cyklus • Martin Wihoda - Great Morava and its m... DISCUSSION OF THE LECTURE: • Martin Wihoda - Great Morava and its m... Dear listeners, the discussion of this lecture was originally not supposed to be published, but I managed to convince the professor to at least temporarily publish it for the exam, because it seems valuable to me despite the fact that, if it is not conducted with a properly specialized public, there is no room for a sufficiently precise argumentation of the answers and certain simplifications and abbreviations cannot be avoided. Depending on the possible reactions of colleagues or discussants, it will be kept or removed. Thank you very much for your indulgence and civility in evaluating her. (LLionTV)