DSBcB029 Vikings on the Sea and on the Mainland

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Jarmila Bednaříková, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jarmila Bednaříková, CSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 12:30–14:05 B2.13
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 200 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/200, only registered: 0/200, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/200
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to enable the students understand a difficult period of European history in both its positive and negative dimension. Students will get to know another transission period in history, when great developmental changes were happening in the environment of a certain part of the European society, namely in Scandinavia, and these changes were manifesting themselves by destabilization of a considerable part of the European space. Students will be able to compare the Viking era to other, similar periods of history, and thus to find main causes of great campaigns, migrations, but also to recognize the Normans as seafarers, explorers, poets, farmers, merchants and craftsmen.
Syllabus
  • The term Vikings, the Viking era and its causes (retinues, chieftains, kings, pirates); main sources for this period and their value
  • Odin and Christ (the Nordic polytheistic religion, burial rite and Christianization of the Germanic North)
  • Conflict and cooperation: the Normans in Britain and on the surrounding islands
  • A century of fights: the Vikings and the Carolingian Empire I and II
  • Between the emperors and the popes: the Vikings in the Mediterranean I and II
  • Normans or Slavs (Russia)
  • Viking ships and warfare, warlike magic
  • The Normans as farmers, merchants and craftsmen
  • Iceland, Greenland and the discovery of America
  • Viking ethic, poetry, sagas; iconography of the runestones
Literature
    required literature
  • BEDNAŘÍKOVÁ, Jarmila. Stěhování národů a sever Evropy. Vikingové na mořích i na pevnině (The Migration of peoples and the North of Europe. The Vikings on the Seas and Continent). Vydání první. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2017, 280 pp. Historica. ISBN 978-80-7429-744-1. info
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Assessment methods
Written test based on topics taught in the lessons.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019.
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