FF:HIB0223I Towns in early modern - Course Information

HIB0223I Towns in early modern Czech lands I

Extent and Intensity

0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Tomáš Malý, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Tue 7:30–9:05 M11

Prerequisites (in Czech)

Alespoň základní znalost raně novověké paleografie.

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

• 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, N-HI) (2)
• History (programme FF, N-HS)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in History (programme FF, N-GK)
• 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

The course is conceived as several chapters from the history of early modern towns in the lands of the Bohemian Crown and in a broader european context. The main attention is paid to the presentation and analysis of crucial sources for the reconstruction of living in towns. Students acquire a survey of the important themes of urban history; they will work with a broader scale of historical evidence and will be able to interpret such sources according to the modern methodological principles.

Syllabus

• Historiographical overview
• Urban society
• European early modern towns: the basic problems, the term „town“, typology, town-state relation, regions, town administration, social structure
• The authorities: town council, renovations, chancellery, scribes
• Law: codes of laws, legal tradition and regions
• Law of succession: inheritance, last wills, probate inventories, position of widows a children, property quarrels
• Economy: guilds, price regulations, economical development
• Migration
• Family: marriges, position of children and orphans
• Education
• Households
• Clothing and food
• The poor: hospitalities, hygiene
• Piety and charity
• Death: dying, cemeteries, death rituals, gravestones and epitaphs.

Literature

• HORSKÁ, Pavla, Jiří MUSIL and Eduard MAUR. Zrod velkoměsta : urbanizace českých zemí a Evropa. Vyd. 1. Praha: Paseka, 2002, 352 s. ISBN 8071854093. info
• Macek, Josef: Jagellonský věk v českých zemích. 3. díl. Města. Praha 1998.
• Miller, Jaroslav: Uzavřená společnost a její nepřátelé. Město středovýchodní Evropy (1500–1700). Praha 2006.
• Vorel, Petr: Rezidenční a vrchnostenská města v Čechách a na Moravě v 15.-17. století. Pardubice 2001.
• Pešek, Jiří: Měšťanská vzdělanost a kultura v předbělohorských Čechách 1547-1620 (Všední dny kulturního života). Praha 1993.

Teaching methods

Reading, class dicussion, presentations, interpretation of sources.

Assessment methods

Continual work with historical sources, active participation in the course, discussions.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• HIA108b History of the Early Modern Age in the Czech Lands

Further Comments

Study Materials

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2011, recent)
  
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