FF:AR1B30 Church Admin. I - Course Information

AR1B30 Church Administration and its Documents in the Czech Lands in the Late Middle Ages I

Extent and Intensity

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

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Petr Elbel, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Petr Elbel, Ph.D.
Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Supplier department: Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Mon 10:50–12:25 B2.32

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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30

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Course objectives

The course familiarises students with the structure and operation of the Church administration in the Czech lands (the Prague diocese, Olomouc, Litomyšl) in the period 1300-1419. The individual offices of the Prague Church will be presented along with the Olomouc and Litomyšl dioceses: their genesis and development, everyday operation and written agendas. Individual office documents will be read and analysed. Students will also submit an essay that will demonstrate the wide use of these documents in historical research. In the seminars students also develop work with one important group of sources related to Czech medieval history, and whilst working on their essay they can widen their experience with the general methodology of historical research.

Syllabus

• 1. Introduction: the beginnings of Church organisation in the Czech lands till the 13th century
• 2. Archbishop and bishop
• 3-4. Diocese legislation, statutes and synods
• 5-8. The central auxilliary offices of the bishop in the Prague archdiocese
• 9. The office of the corrector of the clergy in the Prague archdiocese
• 10. Office of the inquisitor
• 11. The central auxilliary offices of the bishops of Litomyšl and Olomouc.
• 12. Final lesson – credit test

Literature

• Pavel KRAFL (ed.), Sacri canones servandi sunt. Ius canonicum et status ecclesiae saeculis XIII-XV. Kolektivní monografie, Praha 2008.
• Zdeňka HLEDÍKOVÁ, Písemnosti církevní správy pražské (arci)diecéze v pozdním středověku, Acta Universitatis Carolinae - Philosophica et historica 1999, 2, Z pomocných věd historických XV, s. 27–38.
• KRAFL, Pavel. Synody a statuta olomoucké diecéze období středověku. Praha: Historický ústav AV ČR, 2003, 272 stran. ISBN 8072860526. info
• POLC, Jaroslav V. and Zdeňka HLEDÍKOVÁ. Pražské synody a koncily předhusitské doby. Vydání první. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2002, 319 stran. ISBN 8024602148. info
• JANÁK, Jan and Zdeňka HLEDÍKOVÁ. Dějiny správy v českých zemích do roku 1945. 1. vydání. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1989, 519 stran. ISBN 8004211895. URL info
• HLEDÍKOVÁ, Zdeňka. Úřad generálních vikářů pražského arcibiskupa v době předhusitské : ze správních dějin pražské arcidiecéze. Vyd. 1. Praha: Universita Karlova, 1971, 143 s. URL info

Teaching methods

Every lesson will be based on a 30–60 minute lecture followed by reading and interpretation of passages selected from primary sources.

Assessment methods

Course requirements: active participation in the course and writing a 5–10 page paper

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
General note: Znalost latiny podmínkou!.

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