MUB_B004 The Material Culture and Everyday Life IV.

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Otakar Kirsch, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Otakar Kirsch, Ph.D.
Division of Museology – Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucia Miškolciová
Supplier department: Division of Museology – Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 20. 2. 9:00–12:40 M21, Thu 2. 4. 9:00–12:40 M21, Thu 23. 4. 9:00–12:40 M21, Thu 14. 5. 9:00–12:40 M21
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
At the end of the course students will be able to describe basic trends in development of the society in historical Czech Lands in the 17 and 18 century. They will be able to characterize significant elements of contemporary civilisation and compare specific forms of everyday life within particular components of society (monarchs, nobility, citizens etc.).
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, a student will be able to:
- characterize significant elements of contemporary civilisation in 17th and 18th century and compare specific forms of everyday life within particular components of society
Syllabus
  • Characteristics of the Baroque Period - basic tendencies and new directions in thinking, art, politics, religious and economic development.
  • Status and the role of the monarch in the baroque society, Imperial Court in Vienna - function, structure, its influence on material culture in the Czech lands.
  • Army - Changes in its functioning during the 17th and 18th centuries, the everyday life in the army.
  • Infantry, cavalry, artillery - structure, armament, outfit.
  • Nobility - changes in the status and structure of the nobility after the Battle of the White Mountain, types of noble settlements, their equipment, food, clothing.
  • Daily life of Nobles - birth, adolescence, funeral, etc., the way of spending leisure time.
  • Church - religious situation after the Battle of the White Mountain, the structure of the secular and regular clergy in the Czech Lands - everyday life, interior and architecture of the Baroque church and monastery - typical elements.
  • Townspeople - types of cities in the Czech Lands, guilds and manufactories, structure of urban population. Way of townspeople's life, interior and arrangement of their houses, clothing, food.
  • Subjects - relationships between subjects and their Lords, types of rent, manor farmhouse - ways of its management. Structure of the rural population, organization and interior of the village house, material culture, everyday life, food, clothing. Jewish minority - development and position in the Baroque society, making a living, daily life (birth, adolescence, marriage, death), religious tradition, material culture, interior of the Jewish house.
Literature
  • JANÁČEK, Josef. Jindřich Matyáš Thurn (Obsaž.) : Velké osudy. info
  • Honl, Ivan: Z minulosti karetní hry v Čechách. Praha 1947
  • BERANOVÁ, Magdalena. Jídlo a pití za Rudolfa II. Praha: Maxdorf, 1997, 207 s. ISBN 80-85800-67-5. info
  • KADLEC, Jaroslav. Přehled českých církevních dějin. Praha: Zvon, 1991, 332 s. ISBN 80-7113-004-4. info
  • JANÁČEK, Josef. Rudolf II. a jeho doba. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1987, 568 s. info
  • BROFT, Miroslav. Vojenské dějiny Československa. Edited by Zdeněk Procházka. Vyd. 1. Praha: Naše vojsko, 1986, 589 s. info
  • JANÁČEK, Josef. Doba předbělohorská : 1526-1547. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1984, 359 s. info
  • SKÁLA ZE ZHOŘE, Pavel. Historie česká : od defenestrace k Bílé hoře. Edited by Josef Janáček. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1984, 450 s. URL info
  • JANÁČEK, Josef. Doba předbělohorská : 1526-1547. Vyd. 2. Praha: Academia, 1971, 281 s. URL info
  • JANÁČEK, Josef. Doba předbělohorská : 1526-1547. Vyd. 2. Praha: Academia, 1971, 281 s. URL info
  • JANÁČEK, Josef. Pivovarnictví v českých královských městech v 16. století. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1959, 76 s. URL info
  • DROBNÁ, Zoroslava and Jan DURDÍK. Kroje, zbroj a zbraně doby předhusitské a husitské : (1350-1450). Illustrated by Eduard Wagner. Vyd. 1. Praha: Naše vojsko, 1956, 101 s. URL info
  • WINTER, Zikmund. Český průmysl a obchod v XVI. věku. Edited by Josef Vítězslav Šimák. V Praze: nákladem České akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění, 1913, xii, 681. info
  • WINTER, Zikmund. Šat, strava a lékař v XV. a XVI. věku. V Praze: J. Otto, 1913, 413 s. info
  • WINTER, Zikmund. Řemeslnictvo a živnosti XVI. věku v Čechách : (1526-1620). V Praze: Nákladem České akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění, 1909, vii, 749. info
  • WINTER, Zikmund. Dějiny řemesel a obchodu v Čechách v XIV. a v XV. století. V Praze: nákladem České akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění, 1906, 976 stran. URL info
  • WINTER, Zikmund. Život církevní v Čechách : kulturně-historický obraz z XV. a XVI. století. V Praze: nákladem České akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění, 1895, 496 stran. info
  • WINTER, Zikmund. Dějiny kroje v zemích českých. Illustrated by Vojtěch Král z Dobré Vody. V Praze: Knihtiskárna F. Šimáček, nakladatelé, 1893, 670 s. info
  • WINTER, Zikmund. Kuchyně a stůl našich předků : líčení dějepisné ze XVI. století. V Praze: Dr. Frant. Bačkovský, 1892. info
  • WINTER, Zikmund. Kulturní obraz českých měst : život veřejný v XV. a XVI. věku. V Praze: Nákladem Matice české, 1892, 902 s. info
Teaching methods
lecture
Assessment methods
written or oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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