FF:FJI2A029X History of Belgian and Luxemb.

FJI2A029X History of Belgian and Luxembourg

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

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Timetable

Fri 10. 10. 14:10–15:45 G25

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

This course builds on the program of Introduction I and II. The lectures are devoted to discussions of francophone European countries.

Syllabus

Belgium: introduction to geography, economy, politics, history of Belgium as part of various state formations from Roman times to the emergence of Belgium, culture of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Baroque period. Belgium in the 19th century and the transition to a liberal constitutional monarchy. Belgium during WWI and after, WWII, The Benelux and European integration, the Walloons and the Flemish, significant Belgian artists and writers of the 19th and 20th century. Switzerland: Introduction to geography, economy and culture, the emergence of the Swiss Confederacy and struggle against the Hapsburgs, the Burgundian Wars and enlarging the Confederation, from the Reformation to the Peace of Westphalia, the influence of the French Revolution and Napoleonic France, from the Congress of Vienna to the Sonderbund War, Swiss neutrality in the 19th and 20th century, the cultural status of francophone Switzerland and famous figures.

Literature

ŠRÁMEK, Jiří. Úvod do dějin a kultury frankofonních zemí : (Belgie, Lucembursko, Švýcarsko, Kanada). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1995, 89 s. ISBN 8021010606. info

Assessment methods

Credit – seminar essay form.

Language of instruction

French

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.