AES_601 From Early Medieval Settlement to Full Status Town

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Rudolf Procházka, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Rudolf Procházka, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 10:00–11:40 M22, except Thu 18. 4.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Předchozí absolvování AEB_A06b Introduction to medieval and modern archaeology je výhodou, ale nikoliv podmínkou. Předmět je určen zájemcům o problematiku.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 5/50, only registered: 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 14 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The course is focused on the main components of medieval towns – square, street network, town hall and emporium. It introduces ancient cities, first urban formations in Europe and the emergence of institutional towns. Also important is the environment of medieval towns and multidisciplinary research on individual aspects.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to:
1) Understand and explain the urbanisation process from its beginning to the end of the Middle Ages and its reflection in archaeological sources.
2) Understand the significance of archaeological sources for understanding the formation of the town.
3) Formulate the knowledge acquired by studying the recommended literature on a selected problem and set the results of this study into a wider context.
4) Compare scholarly opinions on the selected problem.
Syllabus
  • 1. Ancient cities
  • 2. First urban formations in North, West and South Europe. Islamic towns.
  • 3. First urban formations in Central and East Europe
  • 4. First urban formations in the Czech lands
  • 5. Emergence of institutional towns in West Europe, Polish lands and Hungary
  • 6. Founding of communal towns in the Czech lands
  • 7. Research on medieval towns
  • 8. Urban plan and basic components of medieval towns. Square, streets, town hall and emporium.
  • 9. Urban plots and their structure. Burgher houses.
  • 10. Environment of medieval towns, waste disposal, water management. Urban fortification.
  • 11. Production and exchange in medieval towns.
  • 12. Church in towns. Medieval townspeople in the light of archaeology and natural sciences.
Literature
    required literature
  • Gawlas, S. 2005: Przełom lokacyjny w dziejach miast środkowoeuropejskich, in: Z. Kurnatowska, T. Jurek (eds.), Civitas Posnaniensis. Studia z dziejów średniowiecznego Poznania, Poznań 2005, 1333–162.
  • J. Callmer, Urbanisation in Northern and Eastern Europe ca AD 700–1100. In: Henning, J. (ed.), Post Roman towns, Trade and settlement in Europe and Byzantium 1. The Heirs of the Roman West, Berlin – New York, 2007, 233–270.
  • R. Procházka, Odraz vrcholně středověké urbanizace v archeologických pramenech na základě vybraných příkladů, Přehled výzkumů 51, 2010, 209–247.
  • KLÁPŠTĚ, Jan. The archaeology of Prague and the medieval Czech lands, 1100-1600. First published. Sheffield: Equinox, 2016, xviii, 254. ISBN 9781845536336. info
  • HOFFMANN, František. Středověké město v Čechách a na Moravě. 2009th ed. Praha, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7106-543-2. info
  • PIEKALSKI, Jerzy. Od Kolonii do Krakowa : przemiana topografii wczesnych miast. Wrocław: Uniwersytet Wrocławski, 1999, 320 s. ISBN 8387320358. info
  • KEJŘ, Jiří. Vznik městského zřízení v českých zemích. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 1998, 345 s. ISBN 8071845159. info
    recommended literature
  • T. Kirilov, Die Stadt des Frühmittelalters in Ost und West. Bonn 2006.
  • Post-Roman towns, trade and settlement in Europe and Byzantium. Edited by Joachim Henning. New York: W. de Gruyter, 2007, xxiii, 569. ISBN 3110183560. info
  • Civitas Posnaniensis : studia z dziejów średniowiecznego Poznania. Edited by Zofia Hilczer-Kurnatowska - Tomasz Jurek. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Poznańskiego Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Nauk, 2005, 465 s. ISBN 8370634362. info
Teaching methods
lectures, individual elaboration of a paper on a selected topic on the basis of specialised literature
Assessment methods
test, participation, paper
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in three years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020.
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