UZHIA253 The Byzantium and its commonwealth till the year 1453

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Pavel Boček, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Hana Ambrožová
Timetable
Tue 8:20–9:55 B21
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 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
At the end of this course, students: will be competent to explain the history of the formation of the Orthodox Church, of its dogmatics, of the basic organizational forms and the relation with the profane authority in the Byzantine empire, of its missionary appeal
- will be able to identify the causes of the formation of the Byzantine oekoumene
- will be able to describe the development of this oekoumene until the year 1453
- will be competent to identify the reasons of the formation of the national Orthodox Churches and the basic problems of their history
- will be able to conceive the specifics of the „Orthodox Europe“
- will be able to understand the development of the Orthodox ecclesiastic art and the Orthodox liturgy.
Syllabus
  • 1. The epoch of the ecclesiastic councils and their influence on the formation of the Orthodox Church
  • 2. Constantine the Great, Justinian Ist and the basic principles of the relation between the profane and the ecclesiastic authority
  • 3. The iconoclasm and its consequences
  • 4. The patriarch Fotila and his significancy
  • 5. The Byzantium, the Orthodox Church and the Christianization of the Slaves
  • 6. The Great Schism, causes, consequences
  • 7. The Crusades and the ˝Orthodox Europe˝
  • 8. The Church union – futility or opportunity
  • 9. The consequences of the 29. May 1453
  • 10. The Orthodox Church – belief or doctrine?
  • 11. The monasteries and the monkhood in the Orthodox milieu
  • 12. The Icon Painting and its tradition
  • 13. The Orthodox ecclesastic ceremonies.
Literature
  • DVORNÍK, František. Fotiovo schizma : historie a legenda. Vyd. 1. Olomouc: Refugium Velehrad-Roma, 2008, 575 s. ISBN 9788086715940. info
  • DVORNÍK, František. Zrod střední a východní Evropy : mezi Byzancí a Římem. Translated by Petr Slunečko. V českém jazyce vyd. 2. Praha: Prostor, 2008, 525 s. ISBN 9788072601950. info
  • ŠPIDLÍK, Tomáš. Spiritualita křesťanského Východu :modlitba. Translated by Juvenál Valíček. Vyd. 1. Velehrad: Refugium Velehrad-Roma, 1999, 557 s. ISBN 80-86045-33-1. info
  • DVORNÍK, František. Zrod střední a východní Evropy :mezi Byzancí a Římem. Translated by Petr Slunéčko. Vyd. 1. Praha: Prostor, 1999, 525 s. ISBN 80-7260-005-2. info
  • ŠPIDLÍK, Tomáš. Ruská idea :jiný pohled na člověka. Vyd. 1. Velehrad: Refugium, 1996, 414 s. ISBN 80-86045-02-1. info
  • ZÁSTĚROVÁ, B. Dějiny Byzance. Praha, 1994. info
  • AVENARIUS, Alexander. Byzantská kultúra v slovanskom prostredí v 6.-12. storočí : k problému recepcie a transformácie. Vyd. 1. Bratislava: Veda, 1992, 279 s. ISBN 8022403598. info
  • ŠPIDLÍK, Tomáš. Spiritualita křesťanského Východu : systematická příručka. Řím: Křesťanská akademie, 1983, 437 s. info
  • AVENARIUS, Alexander. Die Awaren in Europa. Translated by Uršula Nováková. Amsterdam: A.M. Hakkert B. V., 1974, 283 s., [1. ISBN 90-256-0736-5. info
  • DVORNÍK, František. Byzantské misie u Slovanů. Translated by Vladimír Vavřínek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1970, 393 s. URL info
  • ONASCH, Konrad. Einführung in die Konfessionskunde der orthodoxen Kirchen. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1962, 291, 24. info
  • DVORNÍK, František. The Slavs in European history and civilization. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1962, xxviii, 68. ISBN 0813504031. info
  • USPENSKIJ, Fedor Ivanovič. Istorija Vizantijskoj imperii. Moskva: Izdatel'stvo Akademii nauk SSSR, 1948, 860 stran. info
  • USPENSKIJ, Fedor Ivanovič. Istorija Vizantijskoj imperii. S. Peterburg': Brokgauz-Jefron, 1912. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion
Assessment methods
written work oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
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