PV1B141 Reading Diplomatic Sources of Late Medieval Czech Lands

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Ondřej Schmidt, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Ondřej Schmidt, Ph.D.
Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Olga Barová
Supplier department: Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of Latin and paleography.
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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course focuses on practical knowledge and skills in working with late medieval diplomatic material in terms of palaeography, diplomatics, and the history of administration. The content of the individual seminars will be the reading and interpretation of selected types of Latin sources used in the Czech lands (charters, mandates, letters, official acts and books). Digital reproductions of original documents will be available to students in the study materials in the IS.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- read and understand simple Latin diplomatic sources;
- classify and interpret these texts typologically;
- orient themselves in general terms in late medieval written production.
Syllabus
  • 1) Typology of diplomatic material;
  • 2) Charters;
  • 3) Mandates;
  • 4) Letters;
  • 5) Official acts;
  • 6) Official books.
Literature
  • FRENZ, Thomas. Papsturkunden des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH, 1986, 114 stran. ISBN 3515046062. info
  • HAVEL, Dalibor and Helena KRMÍČKOVÁ. Paleografická čítanka : literární texty (Palaeographical reader : literary texts). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 121 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7081-3. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
  • HLAVÁČEK, Ivan, Rostislav NOVÝ and Jaroslav KAŠPAR. Vademecum pomocných věd historických. 3. opravené a doplněné vy. Jinočany: H & H, 2002, 544 stran. ISBN 8073190044. info
  • HLEDÍKOVÁ, Zdeňka, Jaroslav KAŠPAR and Ivana EBELOVÁ. Paleografická čítanka. 2. vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2014, 243 stran. ISBN 9788024623443. info
  • KRMÍČKOVÁ, Helena. Edice středověkého diplomatického materiálu. 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 98 stran. ISBN 9788021069992. info
  • PÁTKOVÁ, Hana. Česká středověká paleografie. Vydání první. České Budějovice: Veduta, 2008, 278 stran. ISBN 9788086829388. info
  • Česká diplomatika do r. 1848. Edited by Jindřich Šebánek - Zdeněk Fiala - Zdeňka Hledíková. 2. nezm. vyd. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1984, 376 s. info
  • VOGTHERR, Thomas. Einführung in die Urkundenlehre. 2., überarbeitete Auflage. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2017, 166 stran. ISBN 9783515117067. info
Teaching methods
Seminar
Assessment methods
The form of assessment will be a final test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Předmět bude vypisován pokud bude zapsáno minimálně 5 posluchačů.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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