UHVH0030 The Culture of Early Modern Europe

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2021
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Igor Zmeták, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Igor Zmeták, Ph.D.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Timetable
Thu 13:05–14:40 H10
Prerequisites
Intended for students of follow-up studies
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
By completing it, the student will gain an overview of European culture of the early modern period from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment. The course builds on the history of the early modern period, and based on knowledge of historical development, changes in various areas of culture and social life will be analyzed. Basic knowledge of facts, personalities and events, and a general overview of cultural and historical development, is a necessary prerequisite for orientation in other subjects and courses.
Learning outcomes
By completing it, the student will gain an overview of European culture of the early modern period from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment. The course builds on the history of the early modern period, and based on knowledge of historical development, changes in various areas of culture and social life will be analyzed. Basic knowledge of facts, personalities and events, and a general overview of cultural and historical development, is a necessary prerequisite for orientation in other subjects and courses.
Syllabus
  • 1.Renaissance, humanism 2. Reformation and its culture 3. Elizabethan theater 4. Spanish renaissance 5. Music in the Renaissance 6. Mannerism 7. Courtyard of Rudolf II. 7. Catholic baroque 8 Protestant Baroque 9.Rococo (court culture) 10.Classicism 11. Book graphics, collecting 12.Culture of the Enlightenment 13.Empir (universal historicism)
Literature
    required literature
  • Burke, P. Italská renesance: Kultura a společnost v Itálii. Praha 1996. info
  • Gombrich, E.H. Příběh umění. Odeon, Praha, 1992. info
    recommended literature
  • Burckhardt, J. Die Kultur der Renaissance in Italien. Basel 1860. info
  • Holinková, J. Dvě studie z dějin městské školy na Moravě v předbělohorském období. Olomouc 2005 (1. vyd. 1967, 1970). info
  • Hlobil, I. - Petrů, E. Humanism and the Early Renaissance in Moravia, 2. vyd. Olomouc 1999. info
  • Hay, D. - Law, J. Italy in the Age of the Renaissance 1380-1530. London - New York 1989. info
  • Klaniczay, T. - Jankovits, J. (edd.). Matthias Corvinus and the Humanism in Central Europe. Budapest 1994. info
  • Hollingsworth, M. Patronage in Renaissance Italy: From 1400 to the Early Sixteenth Century. London 1994. info
  • Hankins, J. (ed.). Renaissance Civic Humanism: Reappraisals and Reflections. Cambridge 2000. info
  • Brucker, G. Renaissance Florence. Berkeley and Los Angeles 1969. info
  • Kristeller, P. O. Renaissance Thought and Its Sources. New York 1979. info
  • Grendler, P. F. Schooling in Renaissance Italy: Literacy and Learning, 1300-1600. Baltimore - London 1989. info
  • Kraye, Jill (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Humanism. Cambridge 1996. info
  • Baron, H. The Crisis of the Early Italian Renaissance: Civic Humanism and Republican Liberty in an Age of Classicism and Tyranny. 2 sv. Princeton, N.J. 1955. info
  • Aston, M. The Fifteenth Century: The Prospect of Europe. New York 1968. info
  • Hay, D. The Italian Renaissance in Its Historical Background. 2. vyd. Cambridge 1977. info
  • Celenza, Ch. S. The Lost Italian Renaissance: Humanists, Historians, and Latin's Legacy. Baltimore - London 2004. info
  • Chastel, A. et al. The Renaissance: Essays in Interpretation. London - New York 1982. info
  • King, M. L. The Renaissance in Europe. Boston 2003. info
  • Ferguson, W. K. The Renaissance in Historical Thought: Five Centuries of Interpretation. Cambridge, Mass. 1948. info
  • Brucker,G. (ed.). The Society of Renaissance Florence. A Documentary Study. New York 1971. info
  • Klapisch-Zuber, Ch. Women, Family, and Ritual in Renaissance Italy. Chicago - London 1985. info
  • King, M. L. Women of the Renaissance. Chicago and London 1991. info
Teaching methods
The course will consist of lectures and seminars - students are expected to actively participate in all forms of teaching, as well as independent study of compulsory and recommended literature. The seminars will be supplemented by documentary material (photographs, visual material, video recordings, a visit to the current museum exhibition ...)
Assessment methods
The condition for granting credits is active participation in the course, independent elaboration and presentation of selected topics at seminars and passing a knowledge test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020.
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