HIA202s Basic Issues of the Early Modern Age in Europe

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Pavel Boček, CSc. (lecturer)
PhDr. Bronislav Chocholáč, Dr. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Mgr. Tomáš Knoz, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Malý, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Mgr. Tomáš Knoz, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is focused on presenting the crucial themes and terms especially from the areas of the political, cultural, religious, economic and social history of Early Modern Europe.
Learning outcomes
After completing the subject, the student will be able to define, understand and explain the specific of the historical development of various European areas and regions in all its breadth and complexity.
Syllabus
  • The term Early Modern Period.
  • Absolutism and European Monarchy.
  • Baroque Culture.
  • The Enlightenment and secularization.
  • Large Estate.
  • Proto-industrialization.
  • Family and household.
  • Death and the perception of death.
Literature
    required literature
  • IM HOF, Ulrich. Evropa a osvícenství. Translated by Alexej Kusák. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2001, 268 s. ISBN 80-7106-394-0. info
  • Die Frühe Neuzeit in der Geschichtswissenschaft : Forschungstendenzen und Forschungserträge. Edited by Nada Boškovska Leimgruber. Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh, 1997, 251 s. ISBN 350671306X. info
    recommended literature
  • Peters, Jan (edd.): Gutsherrschaftsgesellschaften im europäischen Vergleich. Berlin 1997.
  • MYŠKA, Milan: Proto-industrializace. (Čvrtstoletá bilance jednoho historiografického paradigmatu). Český časopis historický 92, 1994, s. 759-774.
  • HERSCHE, Peter. Muße und Verschwendung : europäische Gesellschaft und Kultur im Barockzeitalter. Freiburg: Herder, 2006, viii, s. ISBN 3451289083. info
  • BURKE, Peter. Lidová kultura v raně novověké Evropě. Translated by Markéta Křížová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2005, 374 s. ISBN 8072036386. info
  • LIVI BACCI, Massimo. Populace v evropské historii. Translated by Tomáš Tatranský. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2003, 272 s. ISBN 80-7106-495-5. info
  • HORSKÁ, Pavla, Jiří MUSIL and Eduard MAUR. Zrod velkoměsta : urbanizace českých zemí a Evropa. Vyd. 1. Praha: Paseka, 2002, 352 s. ISBN 8071854093. info
  • HORSKÁ, Pavla, Milan KUČERA, Eduard MAUR and Milan STLOUKAL. Dětství, rodina a stáří v dějinách Evropy. Praha: Panorama, 1990, 474 s. ISBN 807038011X. info
    not specified
  • PETERS, Jan (edd.): Gutsherrschaftsgesellschaften im europäischen Vergleich. Berlin 1997.
  • PFISTER, Christian. Bevölkerungsgeschichte und historische Demographie 1500-1800. 2. Aufl. München: R. Oldenbourg Verlag, 2007, viii, 152. ISBN 9783486581577. info
Teaching methods
Lectures (including presentations) by two or more instructors with discussions by the students.
Assessment methods
Colloquium.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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