AEB_58 Historical Geography

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. PhDr. Miroslav Plaček (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Měřínský, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Dobešová
Timetable
each odd Tuesday 12:30–15:45 C43
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 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 11 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The lecture is an introduction into problematics of historical topography as an auxiliary historical discipline for historical research.
Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to introduce students to the problematics of localization in historical sources;
to recognize old maps as a historical source;
to reconstruct borders in the past;
to present the territorial development of the Czech state;
to make students familiar with the methods for the settlement's reconstruction.
Syllabus
  • Problematics of localization in historical sources;
  • old maps as a historical source;
  • reconstruction of borders in the past;
  • territorial development of the Czech state;
  • methods for the settlement's reconstruction;
  • possibillities for determination of historical roads.
Literature
  • ČORNEJOVÁ, Michaela. Místní jména z materiálu 11. - 13. století (Place-Names from the Material of the 11th to 13th Centuries). Acta Onomastica. Praha: Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR, 2006, vol. 47, -, p. 140-150. ISSN 1211-4413. info
  • SEMOTANOVÁ, Eva. Historická geografie českých zemí. 2., aktualiz. vyd. Praha: Historický ústav, 2002, 279 s. ISBN 8072860429. info
  • KAŠPAR, Jaroslav. Vybrané kapitoly z historické geografie českých zemí a z nauky o mapách. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1990, 109 s. ISBN 80-7066-142-9. info
  • HOSÁK, Ladislav and Rudolf ŠRÁMEK. Místní jména na Moravě a ve Slezsku. 1, A-L. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1970, 573 s. info
  • ŠMILAUER, Vladimír. Úvod do toponomastiky : (nauky o vlastních jménech zeměpisných). 2. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1966, 231 s. URL info
  • PROFOUS, Antonín. Místní jména v Čechách : jejich vznik, původní význam a změny. D. 3, M-Ř. Praha: Státní nakladatelství učebnic, 1951, 629 s. info
Assessment methods
written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2005, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2014, Spring 2018.
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