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Course: General History of Middle Ages II

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Course title General History of Middle Ages II
Course code KHI/ODS2H
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kumpera Jan, Prof. PhDr. CSc.
  • Slepička Martin, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction and requirements, sources and literature on the history of the European late Middle Ages and Early modern period, periodization of the late Middle Ages and early modern period, development, characteristics 2. Romanesque art and culture, pilgrimage and relics, Benedictine order, Jews 3. The Cistercian Order and its contribution to the spread of the Gothic style, Gothic art and culture, the rise of the mendicant orders in the 13th century, heretical movements, medieval universities and education 4. History of France after the Hundred Years' War (Charles VII to Louis XIII), French late Gothic, Francis I, Loire Chateaux and French Renaissance culture, Huguenots, St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, Henry IV of France 5. History of England after the Hundred Years' War, the rise of the Tudors and Tudor Gothic, Henry VIII and the Church of England, St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More, Mary I. Tudor, Elizabeth I and her time, William Shakespeare, Renaissance England, James VI and I 6. The Holy Roman Empire, Frederick III and Charles the Bold's Burgundy, Maximilian I of Habsburg, the German Peasants' War, the German lands and the Renaissance, Albrecht Dürer, Charles V and the Schmalkaldic War, the Peace of Augsburg 7. Developments in Italy in the 15th and 16th centuries, Papal States, culture and art in Renaissance Italy, the scientific revolution in the 16th-17th centuries, discoveries, inventions, book printing, literature, humanism 8. The rise of Spain, Spanish Renaissance, Portugal, Revolution in the Netherlands, Renaissance in the Low Countries, the end of Byzantine Empire and the Ottoman campaign in Europe 9. Age of Discovery - Portugal, Spain (America, Africa, Asia), great sailors (Diaz, da Gama, Columbus), first voyages around the world (Magellan, Drake), French, Russians, causes, consequences, Pre-Columbian empires, conquest of America, colonialism 10. Outbreak of the European Reformation, Martin Luther and Lutheranism, Müntzer, Calvin, Zwingli and Anabaptism, Scandinavia, Catholic Counter-Reformation, Council of Trent, Jesuits and the birth of the Baroque 11. The Thirty Years' War and its phases, causes, battles, personalities, consequences 12. European historiography - festivals, rituals and courtly everyday life on exemple the Grandes Chroniques de France.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Interactive lecture, Self-study of literature, Textual studies, Lecture, Seminar
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to prove factual knowledge of the history of antiquity, knowledge of professional and popular educational literature, orientation in didactics of history
Skills
the ability to work with professional texts, to orientate on the time line, to interpret the historical source
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
the essence of great phenomena and the movement from the turn of the Middle Ages and the Early Modernity: Renaissance, Reformation and Overseas Discoveries. It analyzes the basic problems, conflicts and antagonisms between European states as well as between Christian Europe and Islamic civilization, especially with the Ottoman Empire. It will assess the impact of overseas discovery on the economic and cultural transformation of European society. Evaluate the impacts of the development of science and technology on the modernization of the world. He will prove the knowledge of early modern history and its cultural link.
Skills
working with the medieval material and written source, its critical interpretation, application of the theoretical knowledge to the field of practice, argumentation in professional discussion and elementary didactic application of acquired knowledge.
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Interactive lecture
Seminar
Textual studies
Self-study of literature
Skills
Lecture
Interactive lecture
Seminar
Self-study of literature
Competences
Lecture
Interactive lecture
Seminar
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral exam
Test
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Skills
Oral exam
Test
Seminar work
Competences
Oral exam
Test
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Backman Clifford. The Worlds of Medieval Europe. Oxford, 2003. ISBN 978-0-19-512169-.
  • Batey, Colen. Svět Vikingů. Praha, 1998.
  • Beneš, Zdeněk; Lexová, Naděžda. Dějiny středověku a prvního století raného novověku. 1. vyd. Praha : Práce, 1994. ISBN 80-208-0316-5.
  • Bílý, Jiří. Trojí lid : panovníci a jejich lid v evropském středověku. 1.vyd. Praha : Libri, 2000. ISBN 80-7277-014-4.
  • Cameron Euan. The European Reformation. Oxford, 2012. ISBN 978-0-19-954785-2.
  • Čornej, Petr a kolektiv. Evropa králů a císařů : významní panovníci a vládnoucí dynastie od 5. století do současnosti. 1. vyd. Praha : Železný Ivo, 1997. ISBN 80-237-3511-X.
  • Čornej, Petr. Dějiny evropské civilizace. I.. 3. vyd. Praha ; Paseka, 1999. ISBN 80-7185-216-3.
  • Delouche, Frédéric. Dějiny Evropy. Vyd. 1. [Praha] : Argo, 1995. ISBN 80-85794-70-5.
  • Elton, G. R. Angličané. Praha, 2000.
  • Geiss, Imanuel. Dějiny světa v souvislostech. Vyd. 1. Praha : Ivo Železný, 1999. ISBN 80-240-0453-4.
  • Grant Edward. God and Reason in the Middle Ages.. Cambridge, 2001. ISBN 978-0-521-802.
  • Hamilton Bernard. Religion in the Medieval West. London, 2003. ISBN 0-340-80839-X.
  • Heer, Friedrich. Evropské duchovní dějiny. Vyd. 1. Praha : Vyšehrad, 2000. ISBN 80-7021-333-7.
  • Hradečný, Pavel. Dějiny Řecka. Praha, 1998.
  • Hroch, Miroslav. Evropa v období pozdního středověku : Určeno pro posl. fakulty filozof. a pedagog.. 1. vyd. Praha : SPN, 1983.
  • Hrochová, Věra. Byzantská společnost. Praha, 1991.
  • Huizinga, Johan. Podzim středověku. Vyd. 1. Jinočany : H&H, 1999. ISBN 80-86022-26-9.
  • James, Edward. Frankové. Praha, 1997.
  • Johnson, Paul. Dějiny křesťanství. 1. vyd. Brno : CDK, 1999. ISBN 80-85959-41-0.
  • Jordan William C. Europe in the High Middle Ages. London, 2002. ISBN 978-0-14-016664-4.
  • Kelly Rosemary. A world of Change: Britaim in the early modern age 1450 - 1700. Cheltenham, 1987. ISBN 0-85950-249-X.
  • Klíma, Jan. Dějiny Portugalska. Praha, 1996.
  • Kolektiv autorů. Dějiny Španělska. Praha, 1995.
  • Kumpera, J. skripta Historia Mundi III. Vybrané kapitoly z dějin středověku, (zde podrobná bibliografie k jednotlivým tématům a oblastem);. Plzeň, 2001.
  • Le Goff, Jacques. Intelektuálové ve středověku. Praha, 1999.
  • Le Goff, Jacques. Kultura středověké Evropy. 1. vyd. Praha : Odeon, 1991. ISBN 80-207-0206-7.
  • Matthew, D. Svět středověké Evropy. Praha, 1996.
  • Maurois, André. Dějiny Francie. Praha¨, 1994.
  • Morgan, Kenneth. Dějiny Británie. Praha, 1999.
  • Müller, Helmuth. Dějiny Německa. Praha, 1999.
  • Peschke, H. P. - Kumpera, Jan. Středověk. Plzeň, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7238-706-9.
  • Peschke, Hans-Peter von. Hrady. 1. vyd. Plzeň : Fraus, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7238-732-8.
  • Procacci, Giuliano. Dějiny Itálie. Praha, 1997.
  • Seibt, Ferdinand. Lesk a bída středověku. Praha, 2000. ISBN 80-204-0783-9.
  • Švankmajer, Milan. Dějiny Ruska. Praha, 1999.
  • Tauer, Felix. Svět islámu. Praha, 1984.
  • Teichová, Alice. Dějiny středověku. II. Praha : Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1968.
  • Wickham Chris. The inheritance of Rome: a history of Europe from 400 to 1000.. London, 2009. ISBN 978-0-7139-9429-2.
  • Zástěrová, Bohumila. Dějiny Byzance. Praha, 1992.


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