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The Third Decade: The Vow

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Abstract

In articles about Mendel, it is often stated that Brno (Fig. 5.1) was a provincial town. This statement is correct in the sense that in Mendel’s time Moravia was a province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This, however, is presumably not what the authors of the articles mean by the word “provincial.” They do not use “provincial” in reference to a place, but to a society “limited in outlook” or “lacking the polish of urban society.”2 But was Brno really such a town, or is this judgment rather an expression of the authors’ own provincialism and unfamiliarity with this part of Europe? To answer this question, let us take a brief look at Brno’s geographical location, history, and cultural standing in Mendel’s time.

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Klein, J., Klein, N. (2013). The Third Decade: The Vow. In: Solitude of a Humble Genius - Gregor Johann Mendel: Volume 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35254-6_5

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