The range of the historical events in Jirasek's works is very comprehensive. It includes mythical periods ("Staré pověsti české 1894") that are read by the young for its verses. He also wrote ballads, and romances, which were sough out by publishers, illustrators, and then by filmmakers ("Filosofická historie" 1888, "Maryla" 1885, "Zahořanský hon" 1889, "Balda z rokoka" 1905). He wrote novels "V" "cizích službách (1885)" and "Psohlavci" (1884). He was also the author of many chronicles. They recorded the changes in Bohemia from the beginning of the Hussites ("Mezi proudy I-III" 1887–1890, "Proti všem" 1893, "Bratrstvo I-III" 1900-1909), through the recatholization pressure ("Temno" 1913), and the uprising of the Kingdom of Bohemia in the 18th century ("F. L. Věk I-V" 1906, "U nás I-IV" 1896-1903).