PV2B83 Ennoblement and the new nobility in the Czech Lands in the 18th century

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jiří Brňovják, Ph.D. (lecturer), Mgr. Petr Elbel, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Elbel, Ph.D.
Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Supplier department: Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Tuesday 12:30–15:45 B2.11
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The content of the seminar is a practical approach of the mechanism of the process of the granting of aristocratic titles, predicates and coats of arms in the Czech lands in the 18th century. Students become acquainted with the help of an analysis of ennoblement documents with the period method of the functioning of the Bohemian court chancellery and its communication with individuals (applicants for ennoblement) and the land authorities. An analysis of the ennoblement documents allows the exercise of selected aspects of auxiliary historical sciences (diplomatics, heraldry, sigillography) and also the fundaments of the production of selected archival aids (catalogues, inventories).
Syllabus
  • 1. Ennoblement and the new nobility in the early modern Czech lands: introduction to topic. 2. Ennoblement process in the context of bureaucratic practice of the early modern Habsburg monarchy: communication between individuals, land authorities and the court. 3. Ennoblement documents and their diplomatic form: patents of arms/ennoblement and their copies, preparative material (ennoblement files of the court chancellery including concepts and official correspondence, files stored in land authorities archives). 4. Reconstruction of the bureaucratic course of the ennoblement process, heraldic and sigillographic side of the ennoblement. 5. Biographistics of the new nobility: prosopographic potential of the ennoblement documents. 6. Ennoblement files as an “archival collection”: archival aids (typology, inner structure) and their production illustrated of the ennoblement files.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Pro udělení zápočtu je nezbytná aktivní účast na semináři, tj. zpracování krátké seminární práce, jež se bude sestávat z plnění několika průběžných drobných písemných úkolů a jejich závěrečného shrnutí.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022.
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