HIA201s History of Medieval Europe: Selected Chapters

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Pavel Boček, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Martin Wihoda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Bc. Pavla Wernerová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Martin Wihoda, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 16:00–17:40 D31, except Mon 13. 11.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The lecture course focuses on an interpretation of selected problems of medieval European history. The selected themes capture the crucial events, which influenced the relationship between Western and Eastern Europe. The aim is not to remind the events of political, religious, ecclesiastical and cultural history, but to show their perception by the representatives of both parts of Europe and the consequences for further developments. The concept of the lecture allows a plastic interpretation of the chosen problem and facilitates the understanding of the events that are often present in a tendentious and distorted way.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the students will be able to:
- analyse the consequences of the division of the Roman Empire into two parts and the fall of the Western Roman Empire
– define the causes of the rise of the influence of the Pope in Rome, its consequences for the development of Christian Europe
- describe the role of monasteries in medieval Europe
– analyse the consequences of Slavic expansion into Europe
– define the causes of the so-called Great Schism and its consequences
– explain the consequences of the Crusades for the development of medieval Europe
- analyze the causes of the failures of the discussions for church union
Syllabus
  • 1. 1453 and the conquest of Constantinople as a space for reflection
  • 2. The fall of the Western Roman Empire and the Late Antique Roman heritage
  • 3. Christians and the Church after the fall of the Western Roman Empire (Beginnings of the throne of Saint Peter)
  • 4. Medieval monasticism in the East and the West
  • 5. Slavs between Rome and Constantinople
  • 6. The long beginnings of Central-East Europe: Bohemia, Poland, Hungary
  • 7. The year 1000 in the East and the West
  • 8. The Great Schism
  • 9. The meeting of different worlds, or the Crusades
  • 10. The year 1204
  • 11. An attempt at church union
  • 12. Final summary
Literature
    required literature
  • TYERMAN, Christopher. Svaté války : dějiny křížových výprav. Translated by Jiří Kasl - Tomáš Vrba. Vyd. 1. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2012, 1041 s. ISBN 9788074220913. info
  • FARRUGIA, Edward G. Encyklopedický slovník křesťanského Východu. Edited by Pavel Ambros, Translated by Adam Mackerle. Vyd. 1. Olomouc: Refugium Velehrad-Roma, 2010, 1039 s. ISBN 9788074120190. info
  • DUBY, Georges. Věk katedrál : umění a společnost 980-1420. Translated by Zora Obstová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2002, 332 s. ISBN 8072034189. info
  • SCHATZ, Klaus. Dějiny papežského primátu. Translated by Pavel Kolmačka. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2001, 213 s. ISBN 80-85959-99-2. info
  • AVENARIUS, Alexander, Růžena DOSTÁLOVÁ, Vladimír FIALA, Věra HROCHOVÁ, Milan LOOS, Oldřich TŮMA and Vladimír VAVŘÍNEK. Dějiny Byzance. Edited by Bohumila Zástěrová. Vydání 1. Praha: Academia, 1992, 529 stran. ISBN 8020004548. info
  • LE GOFF, Jacques. Kultura středověké Evropy. Translated by Josef Čermák. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1991, 747 s., fo. ISBN 80-7049-022-5. info
  • GUREVIČ, Aron Jakovlevič. Kategorie středověké kultury. Translated by Jaroslav Kolár. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1978, 286 s. URL info
    recommended literature
  • MAYER, Hans Eberhard. Dějiny křížových výprav. Translated by Jiří Knap. Vydání první. Praha: Argo, 2013, 404 stran. ISBN 9788025709337. info
  • BAYER, Axel. Spaltung der Christenheit : das sogenannte Morgenländische Schisma von 1054. 2., unveränderte Auflage. Köln: Böhlau, 2004, vi, 274. ISBN 3412142042. info
  • RUNCIMAN, Steven. Pád Cařihradu. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1970, 189 s. info
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Assessment methods
Colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
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