TABLE OF CONTENTS // Introduction 7 // A Note on Sources and Literature 15 // CHAPTER ONE: Instead of an Entry - The Dominican Order 19 // Cl I APTER TWO: The Bohemian Province in the first half of the Eighteenth Century. 31 // CHAPTER three: Youth and Study 49 // CHAPTER FOUR: Early career 77 // CHAPTER five: The rise and fall of Riga’s career 85 // CHAFFER SIX: Riga as Theologus casanatensis in Rome 103 // Chapter SEVEN: Methods and approaches of Riga’s writings 119 // Chapter eight: Riga’s Works 135 // 8.1. Sermon-Collections 136 // 8.2. Lobreden or Sermons for Saints’ Days 142 // 8.2.1. Sermons on St Cyril and Methodius 147 // 8.2.2. Sermons on St John of Nepomuck 151 // 8.2.3. Sermons on St Vincent Ferrer 159 // 8.2.4. Sermons devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary 165 // 8.3. Defence Treatise Concerning the Holy Year of 1750 170 // Conclusion 175 // Summary 179 // Bibliography of Cyrill Riga O.P 183 // A. Collections of Sermons 183 // B. Other Separate Sermons (not included into the collections) 185 // D. Translation 187 // E. Unprinted Works 187 // F. Doubtful Authorship 188 // Anthology of Important Documents 189 // Bibliography 201 // 1. Archival Sources 201 // 2. Printed Sources 204