HIB002bVI The Confiscations of Moravian Nobleman (Moravian Nobleman 1600 VI.)

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Mgr. Tomáš Knoz, 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
Prerequisites
1. Graduate of the Course Introduction of the Early Modern History.
2. Knowledge of some of the important sourse Languages (German, French, Italian, English etc.)
3. Knowledge of the Paleography of the Early New Age
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • History (programme FF, B-HI_) (3)
Course objectives
When finishing the course, students will be able to understand the problems of confiscations in the period after the battle of the White Mountain. They will also be able to define the changes of nobility in early modern Central Europe. Students will be led to use the gained information in their individual study, e. g. by the preparation of a baccalaureate or diploma work. Students will be able to interpret the sources related to the political history of the 17th century.
Learning outcomes
After the Graduate of the course, student will be able to:
1. Identify the role of Confiscations after 1620 in Moravia.
2. Identify the role of Confiscations after 1620 in the Countries of Central Europe.
3. Identify the role of Confiscations after 1620 in the Context of their common Aspects (political, juridical, financial, confesional, military, social).
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Confiscations in Moravia – From the rebellion to the “Protocol”
  • 3. Confiscations in Moravia – From the “Protocol” to the Renewed Constitution
  • 4. Confiscations in Moravia – From the Renewed Constitution to the final advances
  • 5. Confiscations in the Austrian lands
  • 6. Confiscations in Bohemia and in Glatz
  • 7. Confiscations in Silesia and Hungary
  • 8. Political aspects of the confiscations
  • 9. Legal aspects of the confiscations
  • 10. Financial aspects of the confiscations
  • 11. Religious aspects of the confiscations
  • 12. Military aspects of the confiscations
  • 13. Social aspects of the confiscations
  • 14. Final thesis.
Literature
    required literature
  • KNOZ, Tomáš. Pobělohorské konfiskace. Moravský průběh, středoevropské souvislosti, obecné aspekty. (Confiscations after White Mountain Battle.). 1st ed. Brno: Matice moravská - Masarykova univerzita 2006, 2007, 996 pp. Knižnice MM 19 - Spisy Masarykovy univ. FF 361. ISBN 80-86488-34-9. info
  • BÍLEK, Tomáš Václav. Dějiny konfiskací v Čechách : po r. 1618. V Praze: V kommissi u Františka Řivnáče, 1883, s. 673-147. info
  • BÍLEK, Tomáš Václav. Dějiny konfiskací v Čechách : po r. 1618. V Praze: V kommissi u Františka Řivnáče, 1882, cl, 672. info
    recommended literature
  • KNOZ, Tomáš. Die Konfiskationen in Mähren nach 1620 als politischer und juristischer Process (The Confiscations in Moravia in the 17th Century). Fruhneuzeit-Info. Wien: Institut für Erforschung der Frühen Neuzeit, 2001, vol. 12, No 1, p. 40-52, 12 pp. ISSN 0940-4007. info
  • KNOZ, Tomáš. Pobělohorské konfiskace na Moravě (Confiscations in the 17th Century in Moravia). In Knoz T. (ed.): Morava v době renesance a reformace. 1st ed. Brno: Moravské zemské muzeum, 2001, p. 46-58, 12 pp. ISBN 80-7028-170-7. info
  • KNOZ, Tomáš. Državy Karla staršího ze Žerotína po Bílé hoře : osoby, příběhy, struktury. Edited by Josef Válka. 1998, s. [219]-4. info
Teaching methods
Reading; class dicussion; presentations; interpretation of sources; class excursions.
Assessment methods
credit
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022.
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