PV1A317 Modern Diplomatics I

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
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
Fri 12:00–13:40 B2.34
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AR1A315 Introduction to Diplomatics || PV1A315 Introduction to Diplomatics &&! PV1A223 Modern Diplomatics I &&! AR1A223 Modern Diplomatics I &&!NOWANY( AR1A317 Modern Diplomatics I )
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 will examine the development of diplomatic documents and administrative organizations on a royal publishing level in the Czech lands during the Early Modern Age from the perspective of an analytical (i.e. the study of documents' internal and external signs), genetic (i.e. how documents emerge) and systematic-classification (i.e. arranging documents into specific types and forms).
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- master the issue of modern-age publishing offices
- describe the developmental phases of the royal offices of the Czech state from the 15th-19th centuries
- describe the internal structure of the ruler’s office in terms of the people and spaces used
- distinguish and name the types of script used by the rulers
- understand the basic literature
Syllabus
  • Students will be familiarized with the development of the royal administration in the Czech state, from the renewal of the Czech royal chancery in the mid-15th century to the Battle of White Mountain and the transferral of this chancery and the court diplomatic resources of the Habsburg rulers in Vienna until 1848. There will be particular focus on the analytical and genetic levels of the diplomatics of the period, and as part of a systematic-classification approach, there will be an identification and differentiation of documents, and they will also be placed into a developmental context.
Literature
  • Česká diplomatika do r. 1848. Edited by Jindřich Šebánek - Zdeněk Fiala - Zdeňka Hledíková. 2. nezm. vyd. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1984, 376 s. info
  • HOCHEDLINGER, Michael. Aktenkunde : Urkunden- und Aktenlehre der Neuzeit. Wien: Oldenbourg, 2009, 292 s. ISBN 9783486589337. info
  • STLOUKAL, Karel. Česká kancelář dvorská 1599-1608 : pokus z moderní diplomatiky. Praha: nákladem České akademie věd a umění, 1931, 175 s. URL info
  • MEISNER, Heinrich Otto. Urkunden- und Aktenlehre der Neuzeit. 2. durchges. Aufl. Leipzig: Koehler & Amelang, 1952, 241 s. info
  • KRISTEN, Zdeněk. Listy posélací a jejich registra v královské kanceláři české až do Bíĺé Hory. ČAŠ 5, 1927, s. 1-109.
  • PEŠÁK, Václav Protokoly české dvorské kanceláře od polovice XVI. stol. do Bílé Hory. SAMV 2, 1929, s. 91-113.
Teaching methods
Lecture
Assessment methods
A written test in combination with recognizing documents.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2023, recent)
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