UAA0112 Retrospective Seminar on Medieval Archaeology I

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. et PhDr. Markéta Tymonová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. et PhDr. Markéta Tymonová, Ph.D.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of the course topics .
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
Characteristics of early medieval settlement in the area of Kievan Rus, ethnogenesis of the Slavs, the development of the territory of present-day Poland, material culture Vikings. The task of the seminar is to acquaint students with the problems of development of Eastern and Northern Europe in the early Middle Ages. Interpretation start ethnogenesis of the Slavs east of the Vistula, then become acquainted with the Kievan Rus, which marked the culmination of the medieval power of the Dnieper. The fate of our country also influenced the Vikings, so it is necessary to understand their life and material culture. The main attention will be paid to our northern neighbors, ie economic and political development in the region between the Elbe and the Vistula to the end of the 12th century. You must be thoroughly familiar with the problems of the Piast state in Wielkopolska and interrelationships of the Slavs living on both sides of the Sudetenland. We discuss interesting finds and local places of worship pagan gods in the Elbe and the Baltic States.
Syllabus
  • 1/ Definition of the subject area within central Europe.
    2/ Ethnogenesis of Slavs.
    3/ Eastern Slavs, 6th-9th centuries.
    4/ European aspect of Kievan Rus'.
    5/ Vikings: history, expansion.
    6/ Material and spiritual culture of the Vikings.
    7/ Commercial and power contacts between Vikings and Slavs.
    8/ Beginnings of settlement in north-western Europe.
    9/ Early Middle Ages in Poland, "okres plemięnny".
    10/ The Piast dynasty between the Oder and the Vistula rivers.
    11/ Slavs in the Elbe Basin and the Baltic region.
    12/ Structural changes in central Europe in the 13th century.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Brather,S. Archäologie der westlichen Slawen,Berlin-New York 2001. info
  • Jaworski,K. Grody w Sudetach(VIII.-X.wiek),Wroclaw 2005. info
  • Košnar,L. Ke vztahům mezi vikingským a západoslovanským prostředím, Varia archaeologica 5-1991,Praehistorica XVIII,25-84. info
  • Dulinicz,M. Ksztaltowanie sie Slowianczyzny Polnocno-Zachodniej,Warszawa 2001. info
Assessment methods
Oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
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The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2009, Winter 2010, Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023.
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