UHVD2005 Czech Early Modern History

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Petr Kozák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Zdeněk Vybíral, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Petr Kozák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Petr Kozák, Ph.D.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
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
Chronologic-factual overview of the history of the Czech state and individual countries (Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, Lusatia) in the 16-18 centuries in the context of history of Habsburg monarchy and international relations. Emphasis on the basic thematic scopes of Czech early modern history (early modern period, concept, time classification, periodization from the point of view of political history of the Czech Lands in the frame of the Habsburg monarchy, estates, confederation movement, bureaucratisation, centralised government, absolutism, confession struggles, country estate separatism, the role of the Czech Lands in European political and military fights of the 16-18 centuries, etc.) and understanding of the role of central European Habsburg monarchy in the context of early modern European history.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction (sources, periodization, terminology, theories of modernization)
    2. Bohemian Lands and Europe at the threshold of the early modern period, formation of the central-European Habsburg monarchy
    3. Bohemian Lands in context of the Habsburg monarchy in 16th and early 17th century
    4. Bohemian Lands in the Baroque and Enlightenment period
    5. Enlightened absolutism and Josephinism
    6. The political culture from the estate's system to the enlightened absolutism
    7. The Processes of modernization: bureaucratization - disciplination - professionalization
    8. Renaissance baroque: culture and art in the Bohemian Lands
    9. Religion and religiosity in the early modern period
    10. Travel, traveling, communication
    11. Food and feasts
    12. Signification of the transitionally rituals
Literature
    required literature
  • Vorel,P. Velké dějiny zemí Koruny české. VII. 1526-1618. info
  • Čornejová,I. Velké dějiny zemí Koruny české. VIII. 1618-1683. info
  • Bělina, P. aj. Velké dějiny zemí Koruny české IX. 1683-1740. Praha, 2011. info
  • Bělina,P.-Kaše,J.-Kučera,J.P. Velké dějiny zemí Koruny české. X. 1740-1792. Praha, 2001. info
    recommended literature
  • Čechura, J. České země v letech 1437-1526 II. Praha, 2012. info
  • Vondra,R. České země v letech 1705-1792. Praha, 2010. info
  • Čechura, J. České země v letech 1584-1620. Praha, 2009. info
  • Čechura, J. České země v letech 1526-1583. Praha, 2008. info
  • Evans,R.J.W. Vznik habsburské monarchie 1550-1700. Praha, 2003. info
Teaching methods
Lecturing
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Seminar classes
Assessment methods
Grade
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
* Written exam controlling the factual knowledge, orientation in literature and sources, work with map
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2008, Summer 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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