HIB0033 Fortifications to the End of the Middle Ages

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. PhDr. Miroslav Plaček (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Hana Ambrožová
Timetable
each odd Wednesday 10:50–14:05 N21
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 80 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/80, only registered: 0/80, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/80
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: describe and understand the development of fortifications from the Neolithic through the Classic period, further in early medieval period, the Renaissance and the Baroque; categorize typologies of fortified construction in the High Middle Ages, an overview of the history research and literature.
Syllabus
  • Fortified human settlements from the Neolithic Age to the expansion of the Roman Empire
  • Fortification of the Ancient European world in connection to the organisation of the Roman limit
  • . The partial use of the inheritance from the ancient world during the Early Middle Ages – the genesis of forts, types and structures of ramparts
  • Representation of the ancient world in the Byzantine, the Crusades, the origins of castles
  • The function and category of fortified settlements, the structure of functioning sections
  • French castles; sections of the fortifications and their residential function, the Norman leap in quality in England
  • Castles in German feudal lands
  • The origins of Czech, Hungarian and Polish castles
  • Auxilliary typology of castles and forts
  • Fortified churches (and refuges)
  • Castles of the Order of the Teutonic Knights
  • Central European town fortifications
  • Temporary and field defences
  • The response to the development in siege techniques, tactics and equipment, the impact of the use of firearms
  • The spiritual and material culture in everday life in a medieval castle, structural elements and furnishings
  • History of research and literature
Literature
  • Piskadlo, A: Grody, zamki, fortece. Warszawa 1977.
  • Bochenek, R: Od palisád k podzemním pevnostem. Praha 1972
  • Syrový, B. a kol.: Architektura svědectví dob. Praha 1977.
  • KAZDOVÁ, Eliška, Karel SKLENÁŘ and Jana VIGNATIOVÁ. Archeologické památky. Čechy, Morava, Slezsko (Archaeological Relics. Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia.). 1st ed. Opava: Optys, 1994, 249 pp. Museon 2. ISBN 80-85819-08-2. info
  • KLUČINA, Petr, Richard MARSINA and Andrej ROMAŇÁK. Vojenské dějiny Československa. Edited by Zdeněk Procházka. Vyd. 1. Praha: Naše vojsko, 1985, 363 s. info
Teaching methods
lecture
Assessment methods
coloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010.
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