HIB015b Travelling in the 18th and 19th centuries

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Zdeňka Stoklásková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Zdeňka Stoklásková, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 22 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/22, only registered: 1/22, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 1/22
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • History (programme FF, B-HI_) (3)
Course objectives
The objective of the course is to introduce travelling in the Czech lands and in the old Austria in the 18th and 19th centuries as seen from the viewpoint of the social and economic history, as well as from that of migration history. The priority is the understanding of the basic development trends in the history of travelling, construction of roads, travelling by post transport mans and by rail, which is facilitated by the analysis of timetables of fast post stagecoaches, maps of post-exchange routes and of other period texts and visual documents. Learners will be acquainted with period travelling and with identity documents.
Learning outcomes
Students of the course will be able to describe the basic developmental trends in the history of trevelling in the Austrian Empire in the 18. and 19. centuries.
Syllabus
  • 1. Roads, their status and development. Construction of roads in Austria. 2. Hygiene on travelling 3. Psychology of travelling or “How to behave when travelling” 4. Post and transport of passengers 5. “Diligence” or regular transport of passengers, luggage or post by fast post stagecoaches 6. First railways: Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway 7. The Southern and The Northern Railway; the development of rail 8. Local railways and the so-called sidings 9. The genesis of municipal transport 10. Checking of passengers 11. Travel documents and powers of issuing authorities 12. Identification documents 13. Move of persons throughout the monarchy.
Literature
    required literature
  • HLAVAČKA, Milan. Dějiny dopravy v českých zemích v období průmyslové revoluce. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1990, 179 s. ISBN 8020002219. info
    recommended literature
  • KREJČIŘÍK, Mojmír. Kleinové : historie moravské podnikatelské rodiny. Brno: Statutární město Brno, Archiv města Brna, 2009, 446 s. ISBN 9788086736136. info
  • SCHREIER, Pavel. Příběhy z dějin našich drah : kapitoly z historie českých železnic do roku 1918. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2009, 207 s. ISBN 9788020415059. info
  • ČTVRTNÍK, Pavel, Jan GALUŠKA and Patricia TOŠNEROVÁ. Poštovnictví v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku. Vydání první. Liberec: Knihy 555, 2008, 191 stran. ISBN 9788086660233. info
  • SCHREIER, Pavel. Zrození železnic v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku. Praha: Baset, 2004, 263 s. ISBN 8073400340. info
  • HLAVAČKA, Milan. Cestování v éře dostavníku : všední den na středoevropských cestách. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 1996, 137 s. ISBN 8072030159. info
  • ČTVRTNÍK, Pavel. Cesta pošty dějinami : silnicí, železnicí, letadlem. Vyd. 1. Praha: Nakladatelství dopravy a spojů, 1977, 210 s. URL info
  • HONS, Josef. Dejiny dopravy na území ČSSR. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Alfa, vydavateľstvo technickej a ekonomickej literatúry, 1975, 310 s. info
  • ROUBÍK, František. Od nosítek k trolejbusu : přehled vývoje veřejné dopravy v Praze. 1. vyd. Praha: Orbis, 1956. info
Teaching methods
The course has three different methodological formats: lecture, seminar and practical. Lectures are given by the teachers, while students will present papers at the seminars. The practical format consists of a joint discussion on historical texts and illustrations.
Assessment methods
Seminary work.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2023.
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