BA_14 Newer History of Latvia and Estonia

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Halina Beresnevičiúte Nosalova, Ph.D., M.A. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Halina Beresnevičiúte Nosalova, Ph.D., M.A.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 16:00–17:40 B2.42
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
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Course objectives
This course provides a detailed insight into the historic development of former Livonia from the 16th century up to the rise of independent states of Latvia and Estonia in the year 1918.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to understand and explain the historical development of Estonia, Livonia and Curonia after the Teutonic Order secularisation and creation of Latvian and Estonian nations and national states in the triangle of German, Swedish and Russian powers and cultures.
Syllabus
  • Themes: 1. Estonia in times of Teutonic Order 2. Livonia in times of Teutonic Order 3. Curonia in times of Teutonic Order 4. Estonia, Livonia and Curonia in times of Order secularization 5. Creation of nations of Latvians and Estonians 6. In the centre of the triangle of German, Swedish and Russian powers and cultures.
Literature
  • Absent culture :the case of Polish Livonia. Edited by Krzysztof Zajas. 1 online r. ISBN 9783631636466. info
  • BISKUP, Marian, Bernhart JÄHNIG, Klaus MILITZER, Zenon Hubert NOWAK and Janusz TANDECKI. The Teutonic Order in Prussia and Livonia : the political and ecclesiastical structures 13th-16th c. Edited by Roman Czaja - Andrzej Radzimiński. Toruń: Towarzystwo Naukowe w Toruniu, 2015, 422 stran. ISBN 9783412505172. info
  • Crusading and chronicle writing on the medieval Baltic frontiera companion to the Chronicle of Henry of Livonia. Edited by Marek Tamm - Linda Kaljundi - Carsten Selch Jensen. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2011, xxxii, 484. ISBN 9781409433965. info
  • ŠVEC, Luboš, Vladimír MACURA and Pavel ŠTOL. Dějiny pobaltských zemí. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1996, 423 s. ISBN 80-7106-154-9. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion, homeworks, reading.
Assessment methods
Written examination aimed at testing the student’s insight into the main theories, concepts and methodologies of the discipline, or in the work of the main representatives of the scholarly discourse, and at checking the student’s ability to connect relevant facts into logical relations.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023, Spring 2025.
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