HIAb08b Czech History in the 19th Century

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Lukáš Fasora, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Zdeňka Stoklásková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Lukáš Fasora, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
HIAb08u Introduction to Modern Hist.
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 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/60, only registered: 0/60
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • History (programme FF, B-HI_) (3)
Course objectives
Students of the lecture will be able to understand to the Czech history of the 19th century in broader European context, to define political system in the Czech lands and the Habsburg monarchy, to compare modernization process in individual provinces of the monarchy, and to analyse the developtment of social structure of Czech and German society.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to understand the basic developmental trends in the history of the Czech lands, they will have a knowledge of the issues in the social, economic and political history of the Czech lands in the 19th century and within the wider context of the Austrian monarchy.
Syllabus
  • 19th century Czech history in a European context
  • An economic profile of the Czech
  • A social profile of the Czech lands
  • The system of political parties
  • The question of emancipation, modernisation and democracy
  • Literature, sources and main interpretative approaches
Literature
    required literature
  • EFMERTOVÁ, Marcela C. and Nikolaj SAVICKÝ. České země 1848-1918. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2009, 453 s. ISBN 9788072771714. info
  • LNĚNIČKOVÁ, Jitka. České země v době předbřeznové : 1792-1848. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 1999, 463 s. ISBN 8085983273. info
  • URBAN, Otto. Česká společnost 1848-1918. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1982, 690 s. URL info
    recommended literature
  • Dějiny Moravy. Díl 3/1, Hospodářský rozmach Moravy, 1740 - 1918 (Variant.) : Vlastivěda moravská : země a lid : nová řada. Svazek 7, Dějiny Moravy. Díl 3/1, Hospodářský rozmach Moravy, 1740 - 1918 : Vlastivěda moravská, země a lid : nová řada. Svazek 7,. info
  • JINDRA, Zdeněk and Ivan JAKUBEC. Hospodářský vzestup českých zemí od poloviny 18. století do konce monarchie. Druhé, přepracované vydá. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2015, 524 stran. ISBN 9788024629452. URL info
  • KROUPA, Jiří. Alchymie štěstí. Pozdní osvícenství a moravská společnost 1770-1810. (The Alchemy of Hapiness. The Late Enlightenment and the Moravian Comunity 1770-1810.). Druhé, rozšířené a upravené. Brno: Era, 2006, 328 pp. Dějiny kultury. ISBN 80-7366-063-6. info
  • FASORA, Lukáš, Jiří HANUŠ and Jiří MALÍŘ. Sekularizace českých zemí v letech 1848-1914 (Secularization of Bohemian Lands in the Period from 1848 to 1914). 2006. info
  • MALÍŘ, Jiří. Systém politických stran v českých zemích do roku 1918. (The System of the Political Parties in the Bohemian Lands untill 1918). In Politické strany. Vývoj politických stran a hnutí v českých zemích a Československu 1861-2004, sv. 1. 1st ed. Brno: DoplNěk, 2005, p. 17- 57. ISBN 80-7239-178-X. info
  • KOŘALKA, Jiří. Češi v habsburské říši a v Evropě 1815-1914 : sociálněhistorické souvislosti vytváření novodobého národa a národnostní otázky v českých zemích. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 1996, 354 s. ISBN 8072030221. info
Teaching methods
Seminary, lectures, class discussion.
Assessment methods
Credit; students will present an essay on a given topic.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
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