ABSTRACT

Author answers the question of what impact the plague epidemic of 1380, which is considered the most destructive and intense in the Czech Kingdom in the 14th and 15th centuries, had on the life of the Old and New Town of Prague. The mortality in Prague was no more than 10 percent of the population. The author shows that the life of the city did not stop in any aspect. In spite of the plague, the activities of the University of Prague, immigration to the city, the normal agenda of the city council and the city's economic life in the form of real estate sales and the granting of credit did not cease. Together with this author shows city coped easily with the plague and was able to heal the losses very quickly, which is a testimony to the resilience of the Prague population, or its ability to cope with the social, economic and psychological consequences of the plague.