HIA254 Religion and Europe in the Age of Reforms, 16th – 17th Centuries

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Malý, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Hana Ambrožová
Timetable
Tue 8:20–9:55 B21
Prerequisites
Basic orientation in the political history of the 16th and 17th centuries.
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
A selection of crucial themes connected with the problems of the European reformation and the Catholic reform in the 16th and 17th centuries. Students will be acquainted with basic questions of the theme according to a status of the contemporary historical research. Through the work with historical sources will students be led to the individual thinking about the selected problems, as well as to the understanding of the meaning of the documents.
Syllabus
  • I. European Reformation: Confessions, church and state, The peace of Augsburg, confessionalization, confessional identity, rites and religious practice.
  • II. Catholic reform: The Council of Trent, theology and religious practice, refashioning the catholic faith.
  • III. Culture and art of the reformations, confessional propaganda, media.
Literature
  • Zeeden, Ernst Walter: Hegemonialkriege und Glaubenskämpfe 1556-1648 (Propylaen Geschichte). Frankfurt a. M. 1977.
  • MACKENNEY, Richard. Evropa šestnáctého století. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2001, 395 s. ISBN 8070214694. info
  • MUNCK, Thomas. Evropa sedmnáctého století : 1598-1700. Translated by Vítězslav Kremlík - Ingrid Vichnarová - Michaela Ponocná. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2002, 468 s. ISBN 8070215089. info
  • WINKELBAUER, Thomas. Österreichische Geschichte. Ständefreiheit und Fürstenmacht : Länder und Untertanen des Hauses Habsburg im Konfessionellen Zeitalter. Edited by Herwig Wolfram. Wien: Ueberreuter, 2004, 621 stran. ISBN 3800039761. info
  • MOLNÁR, Amedeo. Na rozhraní věků : cesty reformace : Jan Hus, Bedřich ze Strážnice, Ivan Stojkovič, Martin Luther, Huldrych Zwingli, Jan Calvin. Vydání první. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1985, 436 stran. info
  • CHAUNU, Pierre and Guy BEDOUELLE. Dobrodružství reformace : svět Jana Kalvína. 1. vyd. Brno: CDK, 2001, 124 s. ISBN 80-85959-84-8. info
  • VLNAS, Vít. Novokřtěnci v Münsteru. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2002, 232 s. ISBN 80-7106-505-6. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, discussions, work with sources.
Assessment methods
Written essay.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020.
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