BA108 The Early History of the Baltic Area in the European Context

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Halina Beresnevičiúte Nosalova, Ph.D., M.A. (lecturer), doc. RNDr. Tomáš Hoskovec, CSc. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Tomáš Hoskovec, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mag. Vaidas Šeferis, Dr. phil.
Timetable
Thu 13:20–14:55 K12 nerezervovat
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to understand and explain main issues of the History of the Baltic-region in the context of the European Middle Ages.
Syllabus
  • 1) Baltic and Fennougric nations out of Christian Europe (until 10th century). 2) Christian Europe until 10th century: East – West opposition. 3) The Central Europe in 10th and 11th centuries: Origins of Czech, Polish and Hungarian states. 4) The North Europe in 9th-11th centuries: Expansion of the Vikings. 5) Europe and the Mediterranean in 11th-13th centuries: Knight orders. 6) The East Baltic Regions (from Prussia to Finland) in 10th-13th centuries: Infiltration of Christianity. 7) Territories of the Orders in Prussia and Livonia. Rise of Lithuanian state. 8) Great political projects in 14th century. Lithuanian-Polish Union. 9) Protestantism. Decline and secularization of Orders’ territories. 10) Literature of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Literature
  • BERESNEVIČIŪTĖ-NOSÁLOVÁ, Halina. Litva. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2006, 190 s. ISBN 8072773003. info
  • JUTIKKALA, Eino and Kauko PIRINEN. Dějiny Finska. Translated by Lenka Fárová. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2001, 408 s. ISBN 80-7106-406-8. info
  • ŠVEC, Luboš, Vladimír MACURA and Pavel ŠTOL. Dějiny pobaltských zemí. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1996, 423 s. ISBN 80-7106-154-9. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion, homeworks, reading.
Assessment methods
Written exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Zkouška z předmětu BA108 je postupovou zkouškou za 1. ročník (1. a 2. semestr) baltistiky. Pokrývá proto i látku vyloženou v 1. semestru v předmětech BA107 a BA109.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
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