FF:DSBcA013 Intermediate Period - Course Information

DSBcA013 Intermediate Period between Antiquity and Middle Ages

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2015

Extent and Intensity

2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Jarmila Bednaříková, CSc. (lecturer)

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Timetable

Tue 12:30–14:05 M11

Prerequisites (in Czech)

DSBcA011 History of Rome II

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Course objectives

At the end of this lecture the student will be able to understand the intermediate period between Antiquity and Middle Ages.

Syllabus

1. Introduction: The migration of ethnic groups as one of the most important phenomenon of the history. Tacit about the life of Germans
2. The historical conceptions about continuity and break between Antiquity and Middle Ages; the most frequent causes of the fall of the Roman Empire
3. The state of the Roman Empire in the times of the Great Migration
4. The beginning of the migration of Germans and its probable cause
5. The first conflicts between Romans and Germans till the Marcomanic wars. The Marcomanic wars.
6. The changes in the barbaric world since the 3rd century
7. The pre-European history of Huns; the Hunic invasion of Europe and its immediate consequences
8. Attila's empire; The Huns and the Roman Empire; relations between the Huns and Germanic tribes
9. The Visigoths and the Roman Empire. The first Christians of the Germanic world; Wulfil's Bible; Visigoths in Gaul and Hispania
10. The Ostrogothic state in Italia as a sucessor of the ancient tradition
11. Vandals, Suebes and Alans; the African Vandalic state, their militant arianism
12. The Burgunds and their relation to the Romanic population
13. The comparison of the evolution of the aforesaid barbaric states; barbaric states and the ancient heritage

Literature

recommended literature

BEDNAŘÍKOVÁ, Jarmila. Attila : Hunové, Řím a Evropa (Attila : Huns, Rome and Europe). Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2012, 340 pp. Historica. ISBN 978-80-7429-169-2. info
BEDNAŘÍKOVÁ, Jarmila. Frankové a Evropa. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2009, 335 s. ISBN 9788070219423. info
DOLEŽAL, Stanislav. Interakce Gótů a římského impéria ve 3.-5. století n.l. Vyd. 1. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2008, 337 s. ISBN 9788024615318. info
BEDNAŘÍKOVÁ, Jarmila, Zdeněk MĚŘÍNSKÝ and Aleš HOMOLA. Stěhování národů a východ Evropy (The great migration of people and the East of Europe). I. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2006, 525 pp. Hitorica. ISBN 80-7021-787-1. info
The Cambridge ancient history. Edited by Averil Cameron - John Bryan Ward-Perkins - Michael Whitby. Repr. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xx, 1166. ISBN 0521325919. info
DROBERJAR, Eduard. Věk barbarů : české země a stěhování národů z pohledu archeologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Paseka, 2005, 260 s. ISBN 8071856568. info
The Cambridge ancient history. Edited by Averil Cameron - Peter Garnsey. Repr. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, xvi, 889. ISBN 0521302005. info
BEDNAŘÍKOVÁ, Jarmila. Stěhování národů (The great migration of nations). 1st ed. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2003, 416 pp. Edice Historica. ISBN 8070215062. info

Teaching methods

Lectures accompanied by theoretical training of students.

Assessment methods

The final evaluation takes the form of an oral examination. Attending the lectures is not mandatory. It is necessary to individually prepare at home.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.