AES_603 Feudal sites in Central Europe

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Miroslav Dejmal, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Mazáčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. PhDr. Miroslav Plaček (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Miroslav Dejmal, Ph.D.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 8:00–9:40 M22
Prerequisites
Previous completion of the course AEA_04 Medieval Archaeology I is highly recommended.
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: 5/25, 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
Course objectives
During the course students should acquire information on the development, typology and history of research on medieval sites (stone castles, timber-and-earth castles, fortified houses, etc.) in the region of Central Europe. The emphasis is put on the newest trends and methods used in European castellology so that the students are able to use them in their following scholarly activities or thesis preparation.
Learning outcomes
After completion of the course, student will have:
- Basic orientation in castle study
- Knowledge of residences of feudal lords in the 11th and 12th century
- Knowledge of basic terminology and typology of feudal residences
- Knowledge of development of medieval castles in Bohemia and Moravia
- Knowledge of development of medieval castles in the Kingdom of Hungary
- Knowledge of development of small feudal residences
- Basic orientation in modern documentation methods used in castle research
Syllabus
  • The origins of castle study
  • The origins of high medieval feudal residences
  • Functions and categories of fortified residences, functional components
  • Castles in Moravia and Bohemia
  • Castles in Poland, Austria and Hungary
  • Development of fortified houses, timber-and-earth castles and other feudal residences
  • Modern documentation methods used in castle research
Literature
    required literature
  • PLAČEK, Miroslav. Ilustrovaná encyklopedie moravských hradů, hrádků a tvrzí. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2001, 768 s. ISBN 8072770462. info
  • DURDÍK, Tomáš. Ilustrovaná encyklopedie českých hradů. Illustrated by Vlastimil Durdík. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 1999, 733 s. ISBN 8085983621. info
  • PLAČEK, Miroslav and Martin BÓNA. Encyklopedie slovenských hradů. (The Encyklopedy of Slowakian Castles.). Praha: Libri, 2007, 390 pp. ISBN 978-80-7277-333-6. info
    recommended literature
  • PLAČEK, Miroslav. Ilustrovaná encyklopedie moravských hradů, hrádků a tvrzí, Dodatky. (The Illustrated Encyklopedy of Moravian Castles, Boroughs and Fortified Houses, The Additions.). 1st ed. Praha: Libri, 2007, 128 pp. ISBN 978-80-7277-339-8. info
  • DURDÍK, Tomáš. Encyklopedie českých hradů. Illustrated by Vlastimil Durdík. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 1995, 365 s. ISBN 809015798X. info
  • DURDÍK, Tomáš. Hrady kastelového typu : 13. století ve střední Evropě. Vyd. 2., rozš., 1. čes. Praha: Academia, 1998, 309 s. ISBN 320505203X. info
  • DEJMAL, Miroslav, Vojtěch NOSEK, Miroslav PLAČEK, Michaela PRIŠŤÁKOVÁ and Michal VÁGNER. Dokumentace torzálních feudálních sídel (Documentation of torsional feudal sites). 2017. URL info
  • PLAČEK, Miroslav, Miroslav DEJMAL and A KOLEKTIV. Veselí nad Moravou – středověký hrad v říční nivě (Veselí nad Moravou – Medieval Castle in alluvial plain). Brno: ARCHAIA Brno o.p.s., 2015, 382 pp. ISBN 978-80-905546-3-4. info
  • DURDÍK, Tomáš. Hrady přechodného typu v Čechách. Vyd. 1. Praha: Agentura Pankrác, 2007, 284 s. ISBN 9788086781105. info
  • MĚŘÍNSKÝ, Zdeněk, P. KOUŘIL and M. PLAČEK. Opevněná sídla na Moravě a ve Slezsku (Vznik, vývoj, funkce současný stav a perspektivy dalšího výzkumu). Archaeologica historica. Brno: Muzejní a vlastivědná společnost v Brně, 1994, vol. 1994, No 19, p. 121-151. ISSN 0231-5823. info
  • DURDÍK, Tomáš and Pavel BOLINA. Středověké hrady v Čechách a na Moravě. Praha: Argo, 2001, 295 s. ISBN 8072033492. info
  • PLAČEK, Miroslav. Proměny hradů jihovýchodní Moravy do konce 14. století. (The Transformations of Castles in South-Eastern Moravia up to the End of 14th Century.). Edited by Luděk Galuška - Pavel Kouřil - Jiří Mitáček. In GALUŠKA, Luděk, Pavel KOUŘIL and Jiří MITÁČEK. Východní Morava v 10.- 14. století. Vyd. 1. Brno: Moravské zemské muzeum, 2008, p. 175-184. ed. neuv. ISBN 978-80-7028-319-6. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion.
Assessment methods
Credit requirements: attendance to lectures, successfully passed oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2022, recent)
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