HIAb07u Introduction to the History of Early Modern Age

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
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.

The capacity limit for the course is 90 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/90, only registered: 0/90
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • History (programme FF, B-HI_) (4)
Course objectives
The course is a methodological and historically philosophical insight into early modern history.The aim of the course is to describe and characterize the basic types and editions of sources, the most important Czech and foreign works (studies) and journals addicted to early modern history; define and explain the general terms and problems of early modern period; summarize the basic knowledge of the legal, administrative, economy and social history, as well as the results of the historical climatology, geography and demography. Students are also continuously prepared in the field of early modern paleography.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course the students are able to characterize the basic types and editions of the sources in the Early Modern History of the Czech Lands. Explain the perception of time and space and their transformation into individual social strata. Define and clarify the level and changes in the demographic, legal, administrative, economic and social conditions of the population of the Czech lands and compare them with the situation in (central) Europe.
Syllabus
  • Methodology, Czech and foreign historiography.
  • Types and editions of sources.
  • The early modern period (aspects, processes, chronology).
  • Time and space; territorial development of Czech lands.
  • Early modern man. Demography of Europe and Czech lands.
  • European society - social stratification.
  • Early modern legal system.
  • Administration – central authorities, lands, counties, local authorities (landlords, towns, villages).
  • Economy.
  • Piety.
  • Continuous reading and interpretation of an original (czech written) document, as well as analysis of edited early modern texts.
Literature
    required literature
  • HLEDÍKOVÁ, Zdeňka, Jan JANÁK and Jan DOBEŠ. Dějiny správy v českých zemích : od počátků státu po současnost. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2005, 568 s. ISBN 8071067091. info
  • FIALOVÁ, Ludmila. Dějiny obyvatelstva českých zemí. Vyd. 2., dopl. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1998, 398 s. ISBN 8020407200. info
  • PETRÁŇOVÁ, Lydia. Dějiny hmotné kultury. [Sv.] 2. [Část] 1, Kultura každodenního života od 16. do 18. století. Edited by Josef Petráň. Vyd. 1. Praha: Ministerstvo kultury ČR, 1995, 468 s., [3. ISBN 80-7184-084-X. info
  • SIVÁK, Florián and Karel MALÝ. Dějiny státu a práva v českých zemích a na Slovensku do r. 1918. Vyd. 2., přeprac. a dopl. Jinočany: H a H, 1993, 533 s., 43. ISBN 80-85467-61-5. info
    recommended literature
  • SCHULZE, Winfried: Einführung in die Neuere Geschichte. 3. vyd., Stuttgart 1996.
  • Vznik habsburské monarchie : 1550-1700. Edited by R. J. W. Evans, Translated by Lenka Kolářová. 1. vyd. Praha: Argo, 2003, 593 s. ISBN 8072034634. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, discussions, group projects, work with sources.
Assessment methods
The written test combines the topics of lectures and of the obligatory literature.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
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