PV1B126 Materiality: Medieval Conflicts and their Remains

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Dr. phil. Heinrich Speich, MAS (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Dr. phil. Heinrich Speich, MAS
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
Fri 23. 9. 13:00–15:40 G02, Fri 30. 9. 13:00–15:40 G02, Fri 4. 11. 13:00–15:40 G02, Fri 9. 12. 13:00–15:40 G02
Prerequisites
English, eventually with German and French texts to read.
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
Course objectives
Peace-treaties, battlefield archaeology and castle-ruins are the foremost visible material remains of medieval conflicts. The seminary deals with many more material remains and alternative data-gathering methods for historical research. Results of Archeometry or Geospatial Information Systems enable researchers to draw a more holistic view of the medieval life and landscape to use as a launch pad for text-based research and to broaden the perception-categories of the well-established historical disciplines. In the seminary, we will approach medieval conflict-research from this point of view. We will investigate how material remains and archaeological data may be used in historical research. We compare medieval conflict-research methods with modern concepts and data-backgrounds for contemporary conflict analysis.
Learning outcomes
Students are enabled to: - identify conflicts and the pertaining material culture
- explain the main goals and outcomes of archaeological and archaeometrical research
- distinguish and describe the main methods and information sources of medieval archaeology, archaeometry, art-history, building-research, settlement-development, etc.
- describe techniques of introducing data on material culture into historical research
- convert and introduce the theoretical concepts into their own research-proceedings
Syllabus
  • • 1. Introduction and overview on the traditional historical auxiliary sciences. Issues of research concerning conflicts: which kind information do we have? What information would we need? How to cross the gaps? Introduction to the case studies.
  • • 2. Art-history, building-research and other historical auxiliary sciences: doctrinal and disciplinary approaches in question. Developing
  • • 3. Geo-Spatial data and sociological network-analysis: Dealing with far too much information.
  • • 4. Archaeology and Archaeometry: sophisticated data for advanced research questions? How to involve material data in historical research-questions.
Literature
  • Literature - see study materials folder
Teaching methods
Students are prompted to read texts beforehand. They are encouraged to experiment with online-resources and are expected to participate actively in the discussions.
Assessment methods
1.) presentations,
2.) Comprehensive exposé to a research project including material culture
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020.
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