UHVHNP0017 Cartography and historical geography

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Boguslaw Czechowicz, Dr. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Boguslaw Czechowicz, Dr. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Boguslaw Czechowicz, Dr.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Timetable of Seminar Groups
UHVHNP0017/A: Wed 11:25–13:00 M11, B. Czechowicz
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 introduces students to the issue of creating maps and other cartographic aids in the historical context of geographical discoveries from antiquity to the 20th century. The student will gain knowledge with two-dimensional and three-dimensional records of objects, terrain, world and phenomena and events in it, especially about the results of cartographic work, its form. They will also get acquainted with the informative value of maps and globes, with the use in historical work, with the history of cartographic creation and with the basic documents of such activities in the Czech lands, incl. their availability. Basic analysis and description of the result of cartographic work. The course further clarifies the topography of the border of the Czech Republic and its border areas outside the state border, outlines their development and historical ties to the Czech Republic, captures territorial changes (and changes in the state borders) and Czechoslovak efforts to maintain or restore ties to the Czech state, the current state and adjustment of the state borders of the Czech Republic.
Learning outcomes
The student will be acquainted with the issue of creating maps and other cartographic aids in the historical context of geographical discoveries from antiquity to the 20th century.
Syllabus
  • 1.-2. Geographical discoveries of antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Modern Age within the world, travelers from the Czech lands 3. Definition, construction and types of plan, maps, globe 4. Map envelope, map file, atlas 5. Construction of an old plan, map, globe 6.-7. Private and state map creation in the Czech lands from ancient times to the present 8.-9. Topography of the Czech border and border areas - orographic units and water, settlements 10. Dyjsko - Moravian triangle and Valtice; border on the river Dyje 11. Vitorazsko; borders in Šumava and Český les, Sušice, Horní Palatinate, Cheb region 12. Borders in the Ore Mountains; Donínsko; Lusatia; Kladsko 13. Silesia - Hlubčicko, Ratibořsko, Hlučínsko, Těšínsko
Literature
    required literature
  • Žáček, R. Dějiny Slezska v datech. Praha 2004.
  • Trávníček, D. Přehled územního vývoje našeho státu. Folia geographica. Brno UJEP 1984, s. 5–72.
  • Drška, V. – Picková, D. Dějiny středověké Evropy. Praha 2005.
  • Semotanová, E. Mapy Čech, Moravy a Slezska v zrcadle staletí. Praha 2001.
  • Sovinský, J. Státní hranice Československa a České republiky. Praha 2005.
    recommended literature
  • Burke, P. Variety kulturních dějin. Praha, Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury 2006, s. 5-29, 190-218. info
  • Kalvoda, J. Genese Československa. Praha 1998.
  • Kaplan, K. Pravda o Československu 1945–1948. Praha 1990.
  • Boguszak, F., Císař, J. Mapování a měření českých zemí od poloviny 18. století do počátku 20. století. In: Vývoj mapového zobrazení území Československé socialistické republiky III. ÚSGK, Praha 1961.
  • Häufler, V. O vzniku a vymezení našich státních hranic. Acta Universitatis Carolinae, Geographica, XIII, Praha 1978.
    not specified
  • Semotanová, E. Akademický atlas českých dějin. Praha 2016.
  • Kuchař, Karel: Mapy českých zemí do poloviny 18. století. In: Vývoj mapového zobrazení území Československé republiky I. Praha 1959.
  • Kadlec, Č. M. Hry o hranice. Chrást u Poříčan 2001.
  • Kol. Historický atlas měst České republiky. Praha 1996–2017. (29. svazků)
Teaching methods
Lecture, seminar, discussion
Assessment methods
Oral exam. Seminar: At least 75% attendance, paper
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023.
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