HIA207 Introduction to the Iconography of Legal History

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Mgr. Tomáš Knoz, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Libor Jan, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 8:00–9:40 B1.41
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Specializace magisterského studia: Dějiny raného novověku
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields 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
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
At the end of the course students will: understand and interprete concepts and issues in legal history on the basis of comments on legal symbols, the approaches of semiotics (Eco), iconology (Gombrich) and legal iconography (Kocher); describe of the law and his position in feudal society, the legal mentality in the Middle Ages and the early modern era, the perception of crime, judgement and punishment.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction – literature
  • 2. The law – legal history, subject, methods
  • 3. The law – the legal mentality of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age
  • 4. The law – semiotics
  • 5. The law – visualisation, iconography and iconology
  • 6. The law and symbols
  • 7. The law and beauty
  • 8. The law and religion
  • 9. The law and communication in time
  • 10. The law – the ruler and the constitution
  • 11. The law – Saint Ivo and the strengthening of justice
  • 12. The law – crime and punishment
  • 13. The law – criminal misconduct in Kamenice
Literature
  • BURCKHARDT, Jacob Christoph. Úvahy o světových dějinách. Translated by Jiří Loser. Vyd. 2. Olomouc: Votobia, 1996, 263 s. ISBN 80-7198-149-4. info
  • KOCHER, Gernot. Zeichen und Symbole des Rechts : eine historische Ikonographie. München: C.H. Beck, 1992, 200 s. ISBN 3406366856. info
  • ECO, Umberto. Semiotik :Entwurf einer Theorie der Zeichen. 2., korrig. Aufl. München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1991, 439 s. ISBN 3-7705-2323-7. info
  • GUREVIČ, Aron Jakovlevič. Kategorie středověké kultury. Translated by Jaroslav Kolár. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1978, 286 s. URL info
  • ECO, Umberto. Zeichen: Einführung in einen Begriff und seine Geschichte. 1. Aufl. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1977, 202 s. ISBN 3518008956. info
  • ECO, Umberto. Einführung in die Semiotik. München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1972. ISBN 3-7705-0633-2. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
Oral examination aimed at testing the student’s insight into the main theories, concepts and methodologies of the discipline and at checking the student’s ability to connect relevant facts into logical relations.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016.
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