HIB012b Culture-History of Wine

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martin Markel, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Martin Markel, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 12:00–13:40 D41
Prerequisites
! HIB0442 Culture-History of Wine
standard requirements for the student of history or related fields
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 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 8/40, only registered: 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The lecture course introduces the students with the histoy of wine as a cultural phenomenon.
Learning outcomes
The student will:
- be able to identify wine according to not only the senses but will be able to situate it in time and place;
- know the basic trends in the development of winemaking in the world and particularly in Moravia;
- able to analyze an oenological discussion;
- understand the term terroir and understand the “Romanesque” classification of wines.
Syllabus
  • The definition of the “history of wine” within the field of historiography (the branch of cultural history, definition of the basic terms - the history of wine, the history of wine-making and viticulture, the relation to economic history, the “history of wine” in the context of specialized agricultural disciplines or “Bodenkultur”, the term terroir - the narrower and broader definition, the phenomenon of terroir and the position of historiography between science and marketing)
  • General history of wine (the origins of wine production and cultivation, the position of wine in the cultures of the Near East and Antiquity, winemaking in medieval Europe, trade in wine or clarets, sherry and port, Bordeaux, Burgundy and Champagne as a cultural phenomenon, classification of wines and the troubles of the 19th century, organization of the field in the 20th century)
  • Modern history of the Moravian wine-making in the context of the Danube region (definition of the term Danube, Moravian wine-making in the Habsburg monarchy or the world of Austrian and Hungarian wines, wine-making from the “first” capitalism or from Joseph II to nationalization, the process of the removal of wine-making from towns in the 18th century, the winemaking and the economic reform of the ear of the Enlightenment, the origins and development of wine classification and market organization, the regional example of development in the Znojmo district, winemaking as a phenomenon of social representation, World War I and the decline of winemaking, the economic systems of national socialist regimes and the position of winemaking in them, nationalization and its impact on wine culture)
Literature
    required literature
  • JOHNSON, Hugh, Příběh vína. Praha 2008
  • FROLEC, Václav. Vinohradnictví : kapitoly z dějinného vývoje od minulosti do současnosti na Moravě a v Čechách. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Blok, 1973, 297 s. URL info
  • HEYMANN-LÖWENSTEIN, Reinhard, Terroir. Weinkultur und Weingenuss in einer globalen Welt. Stuttgart 2009.
    recommended literature
  • JOHNSON, Hugh – ROBINSON, Jancis, Světový atlas vína. Praha 2002.
  • DOMINÉ, André, Víno. Praha 2005.
  • STEVENSON, Tom, Světová encyklopedie vín. Unikátní průvodce víny celého světa. Praha 1999.
  • KRAUS, Vilém, Vinitorium historicum. Praha 2009.
  • Dějiny vinařství na Moravě. Sborník příspěvků z konference, uspořádané ve dnech 16. – 17. září 2005 ve Slavkově u Brna. Brno 2005.
  • MARKEL, Martin: Počátky klasifikace vín a organizace trhu vínem na Znojemsku v 19. století (aneb k hospodářské politice na Moravě). In: Historik na Moravě, Eds. Ambrožová, H. – Chocholáč, B. – Jan, L. - Pumpr, P. Brno 2009, s. 341-349.
  • HANÁK, Josef, Dějiny vinařství v Bzenci. Kulturně-historický nákres. Uherské Hradiště 1922.
  • ŠTĚPÁNEK, Václav, Tradice pěstování vína. In: Hustopeče: město uprostřed jihomoravských vinic (Eds. Jan, Libor – Nezhodová, Soňa). Hustopeče 2010, s. 673-734.
  • BURKE, Peter, Co je kulturní historie? Praha 2011.
  • KILIÁN, Jan (Eds.), Trpké býti zdá se? : víno a vinařství v českých zemích ve středověku a v raném novověku : sborník příspěvků z konference konané v Mělníce 2.-4. dubna 2008. Mělník 2009.
Teaching methods
Lecturs and discusion
Assessment methods
Oral colloquium aimed at checking the student’s ability to connect relevant facts into logical relations.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
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