HIA105 Introduction to Medieval History

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tomáš Borovský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. Mgr. Libor Jan, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Martin Wihoda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable of Seminar Groups
HIA105/A: Mon 13:20–14:55 A21 stara, M. Wihoda
HIA105/B: Mon 13:20–14:55 B21, L. Jan
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 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/60, only registered: 0/60, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/60
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of this course is to prepare students for seminars and lectures on medieval history. Undergraduates will become acquainted with basic methodological methods, sources and literatureand the history of medieval research. Attention will be placed on getting to know sources of a varying nature from across Europe (with the emphasis on the Czech lands and neighbouring states, primarily the medieval Holy Roman Empire.) A central interest will also be the daily life of medieval man and his world of ideas. The seminar course offers a basic grounding in the terminology, the system of sources and in the basic problems faced by the European medievalist.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction, methodological guide, the medievalist’s workplace, magazines
  • 2. Periodisation of the Middle Ages, terminology
  • 3. Medieval man and his world
  • 4. Sources and literature, means of assessment, editions, archives, muzeums, libraries
  • 5. Official sources I
  • 6. Official sources II
  • 7. Narrative sources, classification
  • 8. Early medieval narrative sources
  • 9. Late medieval narrative sources
  • 10. The emergence of critical historiography in the Czech lands
  • 11. František Palacký
  • 12. The Goll School
  • 13. The modern medievalist
Literature
  • Heinz Quirin, Einführung in das Studium der mittelaterlichen Geschichte, Stuttgart 1990 (více vydání).
  • Hartmut Boockmann, Einführung in die Geschichte des Mittelaters, München 1988 (více vydání)
  • Marcel Pacaut, Guide de ľ Étudiant en Histoire Médiévale, Paris 1968.
Assessment methods
seminar; credit
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Spring 2000, Autumn 2000, Spring 2001, Autumn 2001, Spring 2002, Autumn 2002, Spring 2003, Autumn 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020.
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