FF:AES_605 General Practise of Medieval W - Course Information
AES_605 General Practise of Medieval Warfare
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Jana Mazáčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Žaža (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Jana Mazáčková, Ph.D.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts - Prerequisites
- It is advisable to pass
and AEB_A14g Archeology of the Middle Ages in Central Europe At the same time, it is advisable to complete or simultaneously enrol the subject AES_803 Application of Existing and Modern Methods of Architectural and historical Survey - 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 7 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/7, only registered: 0/7 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Archaeology (programme FF, B-AE) (2)
- Archaeology (programme FF, B-AE_) (2)
- Archaeology (programme FF, B-GE)
- Archaeology (programme FF, B-HI) (2)
- Archaeology (programme FF, B-HS)
- Archaeology (programme FF, N-AE) (2)
- Archaeology (programme FF, N-AE_) (2)
- Archaeology (programme FF, N-HS)
- Classical archeology (programme FF, N-AE_)
- Course objectives
- Main objectives:
understanding the principles of medieval warfare - individual cases;
development of war technology from Early to Late Middle Ages with accent on Central Europe;
reflection of warfare in archaeology;
reconstruction of the structure of men at arms as components of medieval armies from Early to Late Middle Ages and their weaponry;
siege of fortifications and their identification in terrain;
skeletal injuries and their interpretation;
mass graves;
iconography as a source of information about the use of weapons - archaeology of warfare. - Learning outcomes
- Student will be able to:
- describe the key issues of current military research in archaeology, primarily of the medieval warfare in Central Europe
- define the main questions of medieval warfare and its importance in historical society on the basis of archaeological evidence: forts, mass graves, weapons,
- compare the differences between historical and archaeological interpretations;
- formulate the knowledge gained from the study of recommended literature on special problems and set the results of this study into broader context;
- compare scientific opinions on selected problems of medieval warfare in Europe. - Syllabus
- 1. War in the Middle Ages, medieval warfare
- 2. Warrior graves
- 3. Arms and weapons
- 4. Defence of settlements and fortified sites, destruction (fire, attack) horizon
- 5. Invasion of foreign armies, raid, attack
- 6. Structure of armies, men at arms, robber barons
- 7. Siege of fortifications
- 8. Siege machines
- 9. Firearms, guns
- 10. Skeletal injuries
- 11. Mass graves
- 12. Iconography
- Literature
- required literature
- ŽÁKOVSKÝ, Petr. Zbraně a zbroj z první poloviny 14. století ve střední Evropě a katalog militarií. (Weapons and armor from the first half of the 14th century in Central Europe.). In Majer, D. Král, který létal. Moravsko-slezské pomezí v kontextu středoevropského prostoru doby Jana Lucemburského. Ostrava: Ostravské muzeum, 2011, p. 841-879. ISBN 978-80-904316-1-4. info
- SKLENKA, Vladimír. Chladné zbrane a zbroj zo zbierok Stredoslovenského múzea v Banskej Bystrici. Banská Bystrica: Štúdio Harmony, 2006, 135 s. ISBN 9788089151141. info
- ŠEBELA, Radek. Zbraně a zbroj v ikonografickém materiálu od roku 1000 do 1350 na území České republiky. Edited by Libor Jan. 2002, 211 s. URL info
- KLUČINA, Petr, Richard MARSINA and Andrej ROMAŇÁK. Vojenské dějiny Československa. 1. vyd. Praha: Naše vojsko, 1985, 363 s. info
- DROBNÁ, Zoroslava. Kroje, zbroj a zbraně doby předhusitské a husitské. Edited by Eduard Wagner - Jan Durdík. Vyd. 1. Praha: Naše vojsko, 1956, 101 s. URL info
- recommended literature
- UNGER, Josef. Mstěnice - válečná epizoda z druhé husitské války roku 1468 (Mstěnice - episode ftom the second Hussite War). Acta historica Neosoliensia. 2013, vol. 15, 1-2, p. 176-189. ISSN 1336-9148. info
- MAZÁČKOVÁ, Jana. Obléhací postavení u hradu Rokštejna (Besieged Emplacements by Rokštejn Castle). Archaeologia historica. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, roč. 36, č. 1, p. 61-85. ISSN 0231-5823. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
- KLUČINA, Petr. Zbroj a zbraně : Evropa 6.-17. století. Vyd. 1. Praha: Paseka, 2004, 683 s. ISBN 8071856614. info
- KLUČINA, Petr, Karel ROMAŇÁK and Karel RICHTER. Člověk, zbraň a zbroj v obraze doby. D. 2, 17.-20. stol. [23980]. Praha: Naše vojsko, 1984. info
- KLUČINA, Petr and Andrej ROMAŇÁK. Člověk, zbraň a zbroj v obraze doby. Vyd. 1. Praha: Naše vojsko, 1983, 282 s. info
- Teaching methods
- lectures
- Assessment methods
- written test attendance at practical workshop in Panská Lhota (26.-29.3.2020)
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught once in three years.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: blokově.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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