PV2A212 Interpretative Seminar II – Imperial Diplomatics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Elbel, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Dalibor Havel, 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
Timetable
Wed 18:00–19:40 B2.11
Prerequisites
! PV2B50 Interpretative Seminar II &&!NOW( PV2B50 Interpretative Seminar II )
Knowledge of German and Latin required!
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
This course is concerned with analysing selected charters and other documents originating from the imperial office of Sigismund of Luxembourg and possibly also from other late medieval emperors/kings. Attention will be paid to the external and internal features of charters, particularly their form, where the degree of influence from collections of forms and the proportion of individual dictate will be monitored. Selected examples will be used to illustrate the process of creating charters in an office from delivery or presentation of a petition to the ruler through the creation of the concept right up to the creation of a fair copy, its sealing, registration of the charter in the imperial registers and dispatch of the fair copy to the recipient. Finally, some examples of forgery from the time will be presented, including the so-called office falsification.
Learning outcomes
Graduates of the course will have deepened their knowledge of late medieval imperial diplomatics and improved their general techniques of diplomatics research.
Syllabus
  • 1–2) Revising and deepening knowledge of late medieval imperial diplomatics;
  • 3–12) Reading and interpreting charters;
  • 13) Presentation of seminar papers
Literature
  • KONDOR, Márta: Die Urkundenausstellung der zentralen Ausfertigungsorgane und der Kurialgerichte in Ungarn während der ersten Hälfte des 15. Jh. Bemerkungen zu den Regesten der an ungarischen Kanzleien ausgefertigten Urkunden König und Kaiser Sigismunds.
  • FORSTREITER, Erich: Die Deutsche Reichskanzlei und deren Nebenkanzleien unter Kaiser Sigmund von Luxemburg (Das Kanzleipersonal und dessen Organisation). Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Deutschen Reichskanzlei im späteren Mittelalter. Diss. Wien [1924].
  • ERKENS, Franz–Rainer: Über Kanzlei und Kanzler König Sigismunds. Zum Kontinuitätsproblem in der deutschen Königskanzlei unter dem letzten Luxemburger. Archiv für Diplomatik 33, 1987, s. 429–458.
  • FORSTREITER, Erich: Simon Amman von Asparn. Ein Niederösterreicher als Notar in der deutschen Reichskanzlei Kaiser Sigmunds von Luxemburg. Jahrbuch für Landeskunde von Niederösterreich NF 21, 1928, Heft 3-4 (Festschrift zum 70. Geburtstag Oswald Redlichs
  • HEINIG, Paul-Joachim: Zur Kanzleipraxis unter Kaiser Friedrichs III. Archiv für Diplomatik 31, 1985, s. 383–442.
  • HLAVÁČEK, Ivan. Das Urkunden- und Kanzleiwesen des bömischen und römischen Königs Wenzel (IV.) 1376-1419 :ein Beitrag zur spätmittelalterlichen Diplomatik. Stuttgart: Anton Hiersemann, 1970, 507 s., 37. ISBN 3-7772-7003-2. info
  • LINDER, Theodor. Das Urkundenwesen Karls IV. und seiner Nachfolger : (1346-1437). Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1882, 222 s. info
Teaching methods
Students will come to each seminar prepared, having read all the assigned charters and other documents at home in advance. In addition, they will work on an independent seminar paper, in which they will carry out an analysis of a selected charter: they will describe its external and internal features, classify it typologically, compare the form of the charter with other similar charters and form items in extant collections of forms, attempt to clarify the circumstances of its issuing and also attempt to interpret its content within the context of the time.
Assessment methods
The awarding of credits will be dependent upon actively participating in the seminar as well as producing an independent seminar paper and presenting it at the final class.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Předmět bude vypsán na podzim 2020.
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