PV2B113 Sigismund of Luxembourg: A Medieval Ruler on the Threshold of Modern Times III

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Elbel, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Elbel, Ph.D.
Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Olga Barová
Supplier department: Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 18:00–19:40 B2.11, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
Course Enrolment Limitations
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Course objectives
The course will deepen students' knowledge of Czech and European history at the time of the Hussite Revolution. Students will improve their skills in dealing with late medieval sources.
Learning outcomes
Improving independent work with late medieval sources.
Syllabus
  • Sigismund and the first two crusades against the Hussites (1420-1422 - a repeat of the course Sigismund II)
  • Sigismund of Luxembourg and Sigismund Korybutovich (1422-1423)
  • The St. Gall coalition and the first efforts to open negotiations between the Hussites and the Church (1423-1424)
  • Between negotiations and war (1424-1425)
  • The first Hussite raids abroad and the meeting in Bratislava (1425-1429)
  • Long path to Basel (1429-1433)
  • Negotiating marathon (1433-1436)
  • Compacts and the so-called Imperial Compacts (1436)
  • Sigismund's rule in Bohemia - consolidation (1436/37)
  • Sigismund's rule in Bohemia - crisis (1437)
  • Sigismund's death, testament and legacy (1437)
  • The image of Sigismund in Czech historiography of the 15th and 16th centuries
Literature
    required literature
  • KAVKA, František. Poslední Lucemburk na českém trůně : králem uprostřed revoluce. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1998, 290 s. ISBN 8020406808. info
    recommended literature
  • LYSÝ, Miroslav. Husitská revolúcia a Uhorsko. Vyd. 1. Bratislava: Wolters Kluwer, 2016, 201 s.
  • ČORNEJ, Petr. Jan Žižka : Život a doba husitského válečníka. Vyd. 1. Praha: Paseka, 2019, 855 s.
  • ŠMAHEL, František. Husitská revoluce 3. Kronika válečných let. Vyd. 2. Praha: Karolinum, 1996, 420 s.
  • HOENSCH, Jörg K. Kaiser Sigismund : Herrscher an der Schwelle zur Neuzeit, 1368-1437. Lizenzausg. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1997, 652 s. info
Teaching methods
Joint reading and interpretation of sources in the seminar. Individual reading and interpretation of sources at home, preparation of a seminary thesis.
Assessment methods
During the semester, a seminary thesis (about 7 pages) will be prepared, which must analyze a selected source or group of sources. The seminary thesis will be presented to the whole seminar and evaluated by the teacher during the examination period.
Náhradní absolvování
In case of a foreign stay, the course can be attended in an alternative form. After returning from the trip it is possible to submit a seminary thesis.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
General note: Předmět bude vypisován pokud bude zapsáno minimálně 5 studujících.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021.
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