HIAKb108d History of the Early Modern Age in the Czech Lands

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
6/6/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Asynchronous teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Bronislav Chocholáč, Dr. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Malý, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Bronislav Chocholáč, Dr.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Hana Ambrožová
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
HIAKb107 Introduction to Early Mod.Age
Passing through the course Introduction to Early Modern History.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The purpose is to interpret crucial moments, features and processes in the early modern history of Bohemian lands. This is achieved through analysis and interpretation of different types of documents from the 16th and 17th centuries.
Learning outcomes
Students shall be able to: Analyse and explicate different types of early modern documents (agreements between estates and sovereign, coronation acts, annals etc.); set the documents into a historical context; understand archaic terms; characterize explored phenomenons within the region of the Bohemian lands and compare them with a situation in other central-european countries; conceive the crucial events and transformations of the society in the early modern lands of the Bohemian Crown.
Syllabus
  • Introduction, periodization.
  • Estates, estate political system, authentication of estates (The Electoral capitulation of Sigismund of Luxembourg).
  • Nobility and (royal) towns (The St. Wenceslas agreement).
  • Accession of the Habsburgs to the Bohemian throne (The Coronation act of Ferdinandus I.).
  • Religious and confessional conditions in the Bohemian lands (The Decrees of the Bohemian brothers).
  • Sovereign versus estates, critique of the reign, estate opposition (The Programme of the 1st estate revolt).
  • Confessionalisation, the conflict in the House of Habsburg (The Majesty of Rudolf II.).
  • Centralised state or confederation, catholic or reformed religion? (The Estates confederation act of 1619).
Literature
    required literature
  • BĚLINA, Pavel, Jiří KAŠE, Jiří MIKULEC, Irena VESELÁ a Vít VLNAS. Velké dějiny zemí Koruny české. IX. Vyd. 1. Praha: Paseka, 2011.
  • EVANS, Robert John Weston. Rudolf II. a jeho svět: myšlení a kultura ve střední Evropě 1576-1612. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1997. ISBN 80-204-0590-9.
  • ČORNEJOVÁ, Ivana. Velké dějiny zemí Koruny české. Vyd. 1. Praha: Paseka, 2008, 711 s. ISBN 9788071859475. info
  • VOREL, Petr. Velké dějiny zemí Koruny české. Vyd. 1. Praha: Paseka, 2005, 639 s. ISBN 8071856487. info
  • BĚLINA, Pavel, Jiří KAŠE and Jan Pavel KUČERA. Velké dějiny zemí Koruny české. Vyd. 1. Praha: Paseka, 2001, 766 s. ISBN 8071853844. info
  • VÁLKA, Josef. Dějiny Moravy II. Morava reformace, renesance a baroka. 1st ed. Brno: MVS, 1995, 275 pp. Vlastivěda moravská, nová řada sv. 6. ISBN 80-850-4862-0. info
  • MACEK, Josef. Jagellonský věk v českých zemích (1471-1526). Vydání 1. Praha: Academia, 1992, 342 stran. ISBN 8020003002. info
  • JANÁČEK, Josef. Doba předbělohorská : 1526-1547. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1984, 359 s. info
  • JANÁČEK, Josef. Doba předbělohorská : 1526-1547. Vyd. 2. Praha: Academia, 1971, 281 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Lectures, discussions in lessons, group projects, homeworks, work with original sources.
Assessment methods
Written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Study support
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/phil/jaro2025/HIAKb108d/um/
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023.
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