PV2A26z Historical Demography

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Zdeněk Háza, Dr. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Helena Krmíčková, Dr.
Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Timetable
Tue 13:20–14:55 B22
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 lecture is focused on the elementary characteristic and description of demographic springs. It tries to restore the number and structure of population in the Early Modern Ages. It explores the methods of historical demography and its usage as well as conteporary population developments in Czech Republic and Abroad too. One part of the course is practically oriented.
Syllabus
  • Basic typology of demographic sources of the proto-statistic period. Limits and possibilities of a reconstruction of the number and structure of population in the early modern period. Demographic transition. Methods of historical demography and their use in the statistic period. Contemporary trends of population’s development in the Czech lands and abroad. Part of the course is practically oriented toward reconstructing changes in the status and composition of population in selected villages of the former Sternberg estate during 1691-1695.
Literature
  • Wilhelm Stref : Topographie des politischen Bezirkes Sternberg, Olmütz 1895
  • Wolny, Topographie von Mähren , Olmütz 1836
  • Wilhelm Stref : Topographie des politischen Bezirkes Sternberg, Olmütz 1895, Wolny, Topographie von Mähren , Olmütz 1836.
Assessment methods
Lecture; credit granted based on a colloquium.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
General note: Posluchači, kteří začali studovat před škol. r. 1999/2000 zapisují Historickou demografii jako A kredit ukončenou zkouškou.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Posluchači, kteří začali studovat před škol. rokem 1999/2000 zapisují Historickou demografii jako A kredit ukončenou zkouškou.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013.
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