FF:HIB0363 Tatars and Central Europe - Course Information

HIB0363 Tatars and Central Europe

Extent and Intensity

0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Robert Antonín, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Hana Ambrožová

Timetable

each odd Monday 8:20–11:35 A46

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/60, only registered: 0/60, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/60

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• History (programme FF, B-BI)
• History (programme FF, B-FY)
• History (programme FF, B-GE)
• History (programme FF, B-GK)
• History (programme FF, B-HI) (3)
• History (programme FF, B-HS)
• History (programme FF, B-CH)
• History (programme FF, B-MA)
• History (programme FF, M-HI) (2)
• History (programme FF, M-HS)
• History (programme FF, N-HI) (2)
• History (programme FF, N-HS)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in History (programme FF, N-HS3)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in History (programme FF, N-SS) (2)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in History (programme FF, N-SS3)

Course objectives

This course examines emergence and evolution of the Mongolian empire, focusing especially the gradual mongolian invasion into the Central and Southeast Europe. Students will read and prepare to discuss all of the assigned readings for each lesson (Weekly reading is necessary.). Class participation and active discussions will be an important component of the student´s input. At the end of the course students should be able to orientate in the most important problems of the history of philosophy and understand the historical context.

Syllabus

• Asia in 12th/13th centuries
• Genghis Khan and his successors
• Prester John´s empire
• Mongolian expansion into China
• Periodization of the Mongolian invasion into Russia and creation of the Golden Horde
• Mongols in Poland, Bohemia and Kingdom of Hungary
• Image of the Mongolian empire in european books of travels in 13th century

Literature

• de Hartly, L.: Russia and the Mongol Yoke. London 1996.
• Chamberts, J.: Gengis Khan. London 1999.
• Allen, T. M.: Mongol Imperialism: The Politics of the Grand Qan Mongke in China, RUssia, and the Islamic Lands, 1251–1259. Berkley 1987.
• Allen, T. M.: Culture and Conguest in Mongol Eurasia. Cambridge 1995.
• LARNER, John. Marco Polo and the discovery of the world. 1st pub. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001, xiii, 250. ISBN 0300079710. info
• POLO, Marco. Milión neboli o zvycích a poměrech ve východních krajích. Praha: Odeon, 1989. ISBN 80-207-0924-X. info
• Legendy a kroniky koruny uherské. Edited by Richard Pražák. 1. vyd. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1988, 389 s. info
• Putování k Mongolům. Edited by Giovanni da Pian del Carpine - Guillaume de Rubrouck - Ruy Gonzales. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury a umění, 1964, 383 s. URL info
• Tajná kronika Mongolů. Translated by Pavel Poucha. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, 1955, 279 s. info

Teaching methods

Lectures, active class discussion on the assigned readings.

Assessment methods

colloquium

Language of instruction

Czech

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