FF:PV1A320 Chronology and Metrology - Course Information
PV1A320 Chronology and Metrology
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2022
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. David Kalhous, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. David Kalhous, Ph.D.
Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Olga Barová
Supplier department: Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Mon 18:00–19:40 Virtuální místnost
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ! PV1A244 Chronology and Metrology &&! AR1A244 Chronology and Metrology &&! NOWANY ( AR1A320 Chronology and Metrology )
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Auxiliary Historical Sciences (programme FF, B-PV_) (3)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is:
1) to acquaint the student with changes in the ways of measuring time and other variables, especially in the context of the history of Central Europe;
2) to teach the student to work with different systems of measuring and indicating time so that they are able to convert them;
3) to show the social impacts of different ways of measuring time and other variables, and to acquaint the student with the contemporary reflection of time and space. - Learning outcomes
- After completing the course, the student will be able to:
1) Recalculate historical data from older chronological systems into the contemporary calendar;
2) Be conversant with methods of measuring time, space and other variables in the past;
3) Understand the historical and social impacts of these ways of measuring and understanding the world. - Syllabus
- 1) Contemporary measurement of space and time.
- 2) From when is year 1 calculated? The creation of the Christian calendar and later discussions.
- 3) Year, month and day – different ways of dividing up time within a year (including necrologies, martyrologies and calendars).
- 4) Clocks, or the acceleration of time at the end of the Middle Ages: time measuring instruments.
- 5) Community, liturgy and time: necrology, calendars, the libri vitae.
- 6) From stone to stone or from tree to stone? Space and distance (ways, surveyors and millers; the question of perception of the land; old maps)
- 7) Town hall cubit. Measuring length, volume and weight, and disciplining society.
- Literature
- BLÁHOVÁ, Marie. Historická chronologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2001, 948 s. ISBN 8072770241. info
- HOFMANN, Gustav. Metrologická příručka pro Čechy, Moravu a Slezsko do zavedení metrické soustavy. Plzeň: Státní oblastní archív, 1984, 100 s. URL info
- Michael Sierck, Festtag und Politik : Studien zur Tagewahl karolingischer Herrscher, Beihefte zum Archiv für Kulturgeschichte, 38, Köln: Böhlau, 1995
- Heinrich Fichtenau, „Politische“ Datierungen des frühen Mittelalters, in: týž, Beiträge zur Mediävistik. Ausgewählte Aufsätze, 3: Lebensordnungen, Urkundenforschung, Mittellatein, Stuttgart: Hiersemann, 1986, s. 186-285
- Grzegorz Myśliwski, Człowiek średniowiecza wobec czasu i przestrzeni (Mazowsze od XII do poł. XVI wieku), Warszawa Wydawnićtwo Krupski i S-ka, 1999
- LUŇÁKOVÁ, Ludmila. Práce s časem v díle Prvního Kosmova pokračovatele (Handling time in the work of Cosmas‘ First Successor). Český časopis historický. Praha: AV ČR, Historický ústav, 2016, vol. 114, No 4, p. 899-918. ISSN 0862-6111. info
- Libri vitae : Gebetsgedenken in der Gesellschaft des Frühen Mittelalters. Edited by Dieter Geuenich - Uwe Ludwig. Köln: Böhlau, 2015, 464 stran. ISBN 9783412209438. info
- pokračování seznamu literatury viz Informace učitele
- Teaching methods
- 1)Lectures: introduction of the materials.
2)Seminars: understanding of the materials is further practised (recalculation of dates; discussion with students). - Assessment methods
- 1) Test with practical tasks.
2) Review.
3) Summary. - Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- AR1A320 Chronology and Metrology
!AR1A244&&!AR1A244&&!NOWANY(PV1A320)
- AR1A320 Chronology and Metrology
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2022, recent)
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