AEM_03f Early Middle Ages of Europe

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Jiří Macháček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Jiří Macháček, 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 14:00–15:40 M12, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Schopnost studovat odborný archeologický či historický text v anglickém a německém jazyce. Absolvování kurzu AEB_A14f Early Middle Ages in Central Europe výhodou.
Předmět je součástí bloku teoretických přednášek k pravěkým a historickým dějinám Evropy a je určen zájemcům o problematiku.
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
Course objectives
The course provides general information on historical events and development of the European continent from the end of the Migration Period to the beginning of the High Middle Ages. Emphasis is put on social and economic development of selected regions. The seminar addresses several special problems connected with lecture topics, with accent on comparative history and case studies.
Learning outcomes
After completion of the course, student will be able to:
- hold a well-founded discussion about fundamental trends in present-day European medieval research, emphasizing the role of archaeology in this research
- set the early medieval development in the Czech lands into wider European context.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introductory lesson
  • 2. Historical context. Early medieval Europe by Chris Wickham
  • 3. Basic social processes in early medieval Europe and its position in contemporaneous world
  • 4. Identity, ethnicity, migrations, settlement and population
  • 5. Social and economic forms, social structures
  • 6. Central places – their forms and functions
  • 7. Rural settlements, agriculture, subsistence
  • 8. Elites and their power
  • 9. Trade, mobility, communication
  • 10. Crafts and technologies
  • 11. Religion and ideology
  • 12. Art and architecture
  • 13. Summary.
Literature
    required literature
  • MILO, Peter. Frühmittelalterliche Siedlungen in Mitteleuropa. Eine vergleichende Strukturanalyse durch Archäologie und Geophysik. (Early medieval settlements in central Europe. A comparative structural analysis by archaeology and geophysics.). Bonn: Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH, 2014, 702 pp. Studien zur Archäologie Europas 21. ISBN 978-3-7749-3840-3. URL info
  • BRATHER, Sebastian. Archäologie der westlichen Slawen : Siedlung, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft im früh- und hochmittelalterlichen Ostmitteleuropa. 2., überarbeitete und erw. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2008, xii, 449. ISBN 9783110206098. info
  • The archaeology of medieval Europe. Edited by James Graham-Campbell - Magdalena Valor Piechotta. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press, 2007, 479 s. ISBN 9788779342880. URL info
  • WICKHAM, Chris. Framing the early Middle Ages : Europe and the Mediterranean 400-800. 1st pub. in pbk. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, xxviii, 99. ISBN 9780199212965. info
  • BARFORD, P. M. The early Slavs : culture and society in early medieval Eastern Europe. 1st pub. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2001, xvi, 416. ISBN 0801439779. info
  • Střed Evropy okolo 1000. Edited by Alfried Wieczorek - Hans-Martin Hinz. Stuttgart: Theiss, 2000, 539 s. ISBN 3806215456. info
    recommended literature
  • The Oxford handbook of Anglo-Saxon archaeology. Edited by Helena Hamerow - David Alban Hinton - Sally Crawford. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011, xxv, 7078. ISBN 9780199212149. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
Requirements for the examination:
- Basic orientation within the branch
- Knowledge of its structuring
- Knowledge of the basic literature based on the lectures and literature for study
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Informace ke způsobu ukončení viz sylabus.
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022.
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