PV2A205 Seminar on Medieval Diplomatics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Sviták, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Sviták, CSc.
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
Timetable
Tue 8:00–9:40 B2.11
Prerequisites
! PV2A106 Medieval Diplomatic -Seminar &&!NOW( PV2A106 Medieval Diplomatic -Seminar )
Medieval Diplomatics, a basic knowledge of Latin.
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
The course focuses on working with Mediaeval documentary material relating largely to Czech Mediaeval diplomatics. Students will become familiar with the methods and limitations of using graphic and stylistic analyses of documents.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- analyse Medieval diplomatic material;
- understand the basic technical and work approaches;
- interpret the content of individual scripts;
- acquire the relevant information from them for historical research.
Syllabus
  • The seminar is focused mainly on the reading and the subsequent analysis of documentary material relating largely to Czech Mediaeval diplomatics. The discussion surrounding the documents will focus on developing the fundamentals of graphic and stylistic analyses of documents from various areas of publishing, interpreting problematic data, as well as evaluating the specific circumstances surrounding the provenance of documents.
Literature
  • KRMÍČKOVÁ, Helena, Zbyněk SVITÁK, Jana NECHUTOVÁ and Jarmila KREJČÍKOVÁ. Codex diplomaticus et epistolaris regni Bohemiae VI. 1 (1278-1283) (Codex diplomaticus et epistolaris regni Bohemiae). Praha: Academia, 2006, 327 pp. VI.1. ISBN 80-200-1522-1. info
  • BRESSLAU, Harry. Handbuch der Urkundenlehre für Deutschland und Italien. Bd. 1. 2. Aufl. Leipzig: Veit & Comp., 1912, 746 s. info
  • SVITÁK, Zbyněk. Listiny vyhotovené společně vydavatelem i příjemcem. (Příspěvek ke každodennosti při vyhotovování listi v době interregna 1278-1283). In Sborník příspěvků. Brno, 2000, p. 175-182. info
  • SVITÁK, Zbyněk. Lze vznik listin ve 13.století omezit jen na vydavatelské a příjemecké prostředí? (Is it possible to limit a origin of the documents in the 13.century to the publisher and receiver only?). Časopis Matice moravské. Brno: Matice moravská, 1998, vol. 117, No 2, p. 311-322. ISSN 0323-052X. info
  • Sviták, Zbyněk. Kdo byl písař V II 4? Sborník prací filosofické fakuty brněnské univerzity. Řada C-historická 46, 1997 [vyd. 1998], č. 44, s. 37-57.
  • Codex diplomaticus et epistolaris regni Bohemiae. Edited by Gustav Friedrich - Jindřich Šebánek - Sáša Dušková. 1. vyd. Pragae: Sumptibus Academiae scientiarum Bohemoslovacae, 1981, 621 s. URL info
  • Codex diplomaticus et epistolaris regni Bohemiae. Edited by Gustav Friedrich - Jindřich Šebánek - Sáša Dušková. 1. vyd. Pragae: Sumptibus Academiae scientiarum Bohemoslovacae, 1974, 718 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Seminar
Assessment methods
Homework
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2021, recent)
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