HIB041n Village Economy in the Light of Medieval Sources

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Libor Jan, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Providers of Specific teaching support
Mgr. et Mgr. Iva Raclavská, DiS. (zapisovatel)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Libor Jan, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 12:00–13:40 B1.41
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 3/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Work with Latin, German and Czech sources of the economic history of the Middle Ages, mainly deeds, urbaria and accounting material. The students should understand the basic trends in the development of village management in medieval Bohemia and Moravia, i.e. autarchy of the earliest period, the fundamental transformations started at the beginning of the 13th century heading for amelioration of the land (colonization, new technologies).
Learning outcomes
The students should master the specialized terminology in Latin and Middle High German; they should know how to present an image of the transformations of village management in the course of the Middle Ages and describe also the technologies of production, i.e. the agricultural methods and other necessities (functioning of a mill, market relations on the local and regional levels etc.).
Syllabus
  • 1. Basic acquaintance with the development of the research so far.
  • 2. The terminology in Czech, Latin and German.
  • 3. The issue of the types of villages and types of ploughland.
  • 4. The question of all of the relevant types of sources: testimonial abilities of deeds, urbaria of the monastic and secular lords, accounting material.
  • 5. Work with Latin and Czech deeds.
  • 6. Work with Latin urbaria.
  • 7. Work with Czech urbaria.
  • 8. Work with German urbaria.
  • 9. Specific types of agricultural production: sheep breeding, winemaking, beekeeping, raftmaking.
Literature
    required literature
  • KLÁPŠTĚ, Jan. Proměna českých zemí ve středověku. Vyd. 1. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2005, 624 s. ISBN 8071061751. info
  • SMETÁNKA, Zdeněk. Legenda o Ostojovi : archeologie obyčejného života. Vyd. 1. Praha: Lidové nakladatelství, 2004, 347 s. ISBN 8071066613. info
  • PETRÁŇ, Josef and Lydia PETRÁŇOVÁ. Rolník v evropské tradiční kultuře. 1. vyd. Praha: SET OUT, 2000, 215 s. ISBN 8086277089. info
    recommended literature
  • PETRÁČEK, Tomáš. Nevolníci a svobodní, kníže a velkostatek : fenomén darovaných lidí přemyslovských zemí 10.-12. století. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2012, 405 s. ISBN 9788025707968. info
  • ŠMAHEL, František, Miloš DRDA, Rudolf KRAJÍC, Jan MÁCA, Miroslav RICHTER and Rudolf TECL. Dějiny Tábora. Vydání první. České Budějovice: Jihočeské nakladatelství, 1988, 326 stran. info
  • GRAUS, František. Dějiny venkovského lidu v Čechách v době předhusitské. I. vydání. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1957, 632 stran. info
Teaching methods
After an introductory lecture a seminar work with source materials will be realized.
Assessment methods
Seminar work with an example of specific foreign language sources.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
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The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021.
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