HIB0395 Women, Man and Medieval Society

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Michaela Antonín Malaníková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:35 zrusena A22 stara
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course examines women´s and men´s experience in and contributions to medieval Europe (focusing the situation in Bohemia and Moravia, if possible) as well as the context and factors which shaped their lives. 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. Students should be able to interpret the texts and understand them as a product of the concrete period, space and social milieu. At the end of the course students should be able to characterize the main traces of the transformation of the mutual relation between women and men in medieval society. They should understand and explain what were the factors that had the most visible and important impact on the forming of gender relations in the Middle Ages (i.e. ecclesiastic authorities, legal system, courtly love etc.).
Syllabus
  • Gender as a historical concept
  • Specifics of gender oriented research as a part of medieval studies
  • The shaping of attitudes (medieval and scientific view of women, men and marriage)
  • The early Middle Ages (the barbarian period – women and men in german society)
  • The high Middle Ages (concepts of masculinity and femininity as a part of courtly love)
  • The late Middle Ages (court, towns and country – gender modificated possibilities of education)
  • The working women and men in town – normative system versus social reality
  • The Cloister: the alternate for men and women
  • Transformations of medieval family pattern
Literature
  • CHOJNACKA, Monica; WIESNER-HANKS, Merry: Ages of Woman, Ages of Man. Sources in European Social History, 1400–1750. London 2002.
  • KOPIČKOVÁ, Božena: Historické prameny ke studiu postavení ženy v české a moravské středověké společnosti. HÚ ČAV, Praha 1992.
  • Becoming Visibl
  • BRIDENTHAL, Renate; KOONZ, Cludia; STUARD, Susan: Becoming Visible. Women in European History. Boston, Dallas, Geneva 1987.
  • BOCK, Gisela. Ženy v evropských dějinách : od středověku do současnosti. Translated by Alexej Kusák. Vyd. 1. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2007, 381 s. ISBN 9788071064947. info
  • POWER, Eileen Edna. Medieval women. Edited by M. M. Postan. 5th print. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, xxviii, 10. ISBN 0521595568. info
  • GOODY, Jack. Proměny rodiny v evropské historii : historicko-antropologická esej. Translated by Petra Diestlerová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2006, 229 s. ISBN 8071063967. info
  • LE GOFF, Jacques and Nicolas TRUONG. Tělo ve středověké kultuře. Translated by Věra Dvořáková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2006, 155 s. ISBN 8070218266. info
  • DUBY, Georges. Rytíř, žena a kněz :manželství ve Francii v době feudalismu. Praha: Garamond, 2003, 238 s. ISBN 80-86379-44-2. info
  • DINZELBACHER, Peter. Světice, nebo čarodějky? : osudy "jiných" žen ve středověku a novověku. Translated by Petr Babka. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2003, 283 s. ISBN 8070216506. info
  • Člověk českého středověku. Edited by Martin Nodl - František Šmahel. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2002, 500 s. ISBN 80-7273-448-0. info
  • OTIS-COUR, Leah. Rozkoš a láska : dějiny partnerských vztahů ve středověku. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Vyšehrad, 2002, 179 s. ISBN 8070215429. info
  • PERNOUD, Régine. Žena v době katedrál. Translated by Václav Frei - Gustav Francl. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2002, 255 s. ISBN 8070215445. info
  • ENNEN, Edith. Ženy ve středověku. Edited by Pavlína Rychterová, Translated by Jindřich Karásek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2001, 338 s. ISBN 8072033697. info
  • BOLOGNE, Jean Claude. Svatby : dějiny svatebních obřadů na Západě. Translated by Barbora Šťastná. Vyd. 1. Praha: Volvox Globator, 1997, 390 s. ISBN 8072070541. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, active class discussion on the assigned readings, writing of an essay.
Assessment methods
Active participation on each lesson, active class discussion on the assigned readings, presentation of an essay connected with consultation.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010.
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