UAA1231 Optional Lecture-Burial Rite from the 1st to the 18th Century

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Josef Unger, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Josef Unger, CSc.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Timetable
each odd Thursday 11:25–14:40 M8
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
Funeral rites and the treatment of dead human bodies is one of the problems whose solution is mainly involved in archeology beneficial close interrelationship with the history and anthropology. One-semester course introduces students to the ways of burying the dead and the treatment of human bodies in eighteen centuries AD, especially in Moravia and Bohemia, but with regard to neighboring countries. In cases where it appeared to be possible and practical, they are also used analogies and examples from other parts of Europe. Above all, the point is to provide students with sufficient analogies and sources for the interpretation of phenomena collected during field research. Corpse of man has symbolic significance and embodies ideas that influenced the way of dealing with them. From this perspective, the design and content of the subject. First, students are familiarized with the main trends of this phenomenon in historical sequence. It is paid to details of the funeral rites according to social class, age, gender, ethnicity and religious affiliation. The following part devoted to specific methods of handling dead bodies.
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • 1. Úvod a vymezení problematiky.
    2. Hlavní trendy v pohřebním ritu od 1. do 12. stol.
    3. Hlavní trendy v pohřebním ritu od 13. do 18. stol.
    4. Křesťanský pohřební ritus a jeho proměny.
    5. Zvláštnosti pohřebního ritu podle sociálního postavení (panovníci, velmoži, kupci, řemeslníci a obyvatelé měst, duchovní).
    6. Zvláštnosti pohřebního ritu podle věku, pohlaví a etnicity.
    7. Zvláštnosti pohřebního ritu podle náboženské příslušnosti (křesťané, heretici, židé, jinověrci za reformace).
    8. Zvláštní způsoby zacházení s mrtvými těly (oběti kriminálních činů, genocida, epidemie, válečné situace, delikventi, sebevrazi).
    9. Protivampyrická opatření.
    10. Druhotné pohřby (amulety, relikvie).
    11. Lidské oběti. Zdánlivě mrtví.
    12. Vylupování hrobů.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Develop a semester working in the range of 6-10 pages with illustrations. In a written test to demonstrate knowledge especially terminology.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2013, Summer 2014, Winter 2015, Summer 2016, Winter 2017, Summer 2018, Winter 2018, Summer 2019, Winter 2019, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2020, recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.slu.cz/course/fpf/summer2020/UAA1231