HIA252 Selected Issues of Medieval Church History

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Libor Jan, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 9:10–10:45 M22
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 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The course leavers will be able to define and use the elementary terminology and become familiar with essential sources, particularly with regard to the Roman Curia and Czech lands. By means of selected chapters, always demonstrating long-term processes, they will also be informed about various issues of church history with an emphasis on the church centre. Further: practical orientation in significant papal documents that influenced political development; analysis of the Rules of St Benedict and St Francis (and other rules and documents illuminating monastic life), information on everyday life of a monk; work with passages from essential antipapal writings (Pierre Dubois, Marsilius of Padua etc) and selected works by Jan Hus; practical orientation in relevant sources and critical approaches of their editing, determination of interpretation possibilities of these sources (visitations, inquisition records, homiletics etc).
Syllabus
  • 1. elementary terminology, genesis of terms and relevant institutions, sources – specifics of church diplomatics and sigillography
  • 2. beginnings of monasticism (Egypt, Syria, Byzantine empire, St Benedict of Nursia, Rule of St Benedict, Iro-Scottish monasticism, Anglo-Saxon missions)
  • 3. Christianization of Europe (influence of Arianism, missions to Germans and Slavs, St Boniface, SS Constantine and Methodius, acceptance of Christianity by South and East Slavs, expeditions against Prussians and Lithuanians)
  • 4. attempts at papal supremacy (genesis of the Papal State, Donation of Constantine, Pseudo-Isidorean Decretals, East-West Church Schism, Gregory VII and Dictatus papae, relationship between the Papacy and Roman Empire in the 11th–14th centuries, Innocent IV, Defensor pacis
  • 5. Church administration (formation of bishoprics, specifics of national states, metropolitan sees, role of chapters, lower administrative units – archdeaconries, deaneries, formation of the parish network, offices of vicars general and judicial vicars)
  • 6. medieval heresies (Bogomilism, Catharism, Waldensians, heretical tendencies within the Order of St Francis, case of the Knights Templar, Lollards, Hussites, Wycliffe and Hus, Luther’s appearance)
  • 7. Avignon “captivity” and church schism (Clement V moving to Avignon, papal fiscal policy, political context, birth of the schism, conciliary movement)
  • 8. scholasticism, mysticism, new devotion, church and humanism
Literature
  • Jaroslav Kadlec: Církevní dějiny I-IV (především díl II. Raný středověk, díl III. Vrcholný a pozdní středověk). Litoměřice 1983 (nebo jiné vydání).
  • Hubert Jedin: Malé dějiny koncilů. Praha 1990.
  • OHLER, Norbert. Náboženské poutě ve středověku a novověku. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Vyšehrad, 2002, 229 s. ISBN 8070215100. info
  • SCHATZ, Klaus. Dějiny papežského primátu. Translated by Pavel Kolmačka. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2001, 213 s. ISBN 80-85959-99-2. info
  • LAWRENCE, C. H. Dějiny středověkého mnišství. Edited by Libor Jan, Translated by Pavel Pšeja - Jan Vomlela. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury ;, 2001, 325 s. ISBN 8070215364. info
  • LAMBERT, Malcolm. Středověká hereze. Translated by Tomáš Vítek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2000, 598 s. ISBN 8072032917. info
  • DVORNÍK, František. Byzantské misie u Slovanů. Translated by Vladimír Vavřínek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1970, 393 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Lecture; reading and discussion on the sources.
Assessment methods
oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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