USESE0015 Habsburg Monarchy in the 19th and the 20th Centuries

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Dan Gawrecki, CSc.
Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Prerequisites
Meeting the written test to verify the knowledge of Dene issues
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
In the course, the questions of formation of modern nations, their mutual relations and issue of political and administrative development and international links are mentioned. The connections are displayed especially with regard to other obligatory selective courses, and those in particular which refer to economic, social and national development of central Europe. From obligatory courses there are history of individual countries and lecture on political programmes and movements in Europe.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction: Formation of modern society and modern nations in Hapsburg empire, origin of modern Czech society and its development till World War I; national relations in Hapsburg monarchy
    2. Josefinism and its legacy. Hapsburg monarchy in Napoleon wars; period of so called Metternich absolutism; projects of reconstruction of the empire before 1848
    3. Year 1848, beginnings of formation of constitutional life, Hungarian revolution, its programme and circumstance. Czech state-law programme, relation of Czech and German in monarchy, Slovak, Polish, Italians and South-Slavic in revolution years
    4. Bach´s absolutism. Relations in individual parts of the empire, especially in Czech lands. War failures in Italy and decline of Bach´s absolutism
    5. The reconstruction of constitutional life at the beginning of the 60´s of the 19th century. The administration of the empire, centralism and federalism. Austrian- Prussia war, enforcement of dualistic model and foundation of Austria-Hungary. December constitution. Reaction on state-law changes in empire (Czech, Slovak, Italians, South-Slavics in the 60´s of the 19th century).
    6. Formation of modern political parties, democratization and national issue. Characteristics of political and federative life in monarchy
    7. Czech politics of the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Czech state-law programme, fundamental elements, "staročeši" and "mladočeši"
    8. Activization of Czech politics, punctuation, Czech and German, Czech political parties before war, phase policy, electoral law
    9. Germans on way to from liberalism to preference of national principles. Relations in Galicia, Bukovina and in Transleithanian part of the monarchy
    10. Brief characteristics of economic position, social, population and cultural development
    11. International position of Hapsburg monarchy. Relation to Germany and other superpowers. Balkan political empire. Pointing of conflicts before world war
    12. Hapsburg monarchy during World War I. Projects of post-war development. The decline of monarchy and rise of succession states, definite determination of their borders.
Literature
    required literature
  • HROCH, M. Evropská národní hnutí v 19. stol. info
  • Dějiny zemí koruny české II. (Od nástupu osvícenství po naši dobu). Praha-Litomyšl : Paseka, 1997. info
  • KOŘALKA, J. Češi v habsburské říši a v Evropě. Praha: Argo, 1996. info
  • Křen, J. Konfliktní společenství Češi a Němci 1780 - 1918. Praha, 1990. info
  • Urban, O. Česká společnost 1848 - 1918. Praha: Svoboda, 1982. info
    recommended literature
  • Die Habsburgermonarchie I-VIII. info
  • ŠEDIVÝ, I. Češi, české země a velká válka 1914-1918. Brno: Nakladatelství LN, 2001. info
  • MAREK, P. a kol. Přehled politického stranictví na území Československa v letech 1861-1998. Olomouc: Gloria, 2000. info
  • Lněničková, J. České země v době předbřeznové 1792-1948. Praha, 1999. info
  • Malíř, J. Materiály ke studiu vývoje české společnosti v letech 1848-1918. Brno, 1986. info
  • TOBOLKA, Z. V. Politické dějiny československého národa od roku 1848 až do dnešní doby. Praha: Československý Kompas, 1932. info
Teaching methods
Interactive lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Assessment methods
The analysis of student 's performance
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Meeting the written test
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2015.
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