AEB_114 Advancement of coldly Weapons, Armour and European Generalship for 11. - 17. Centuries

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Žákovský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Měřínský, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Dobešová
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 12:30–14:05 C42
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 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/60, only registered: 0/60, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/60
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main objectives of the course are the following: - making students awere of the developing the coldly weapons and european fighting systems in the 11th-17th centuries (sword, dagger, rapier, falchion, axe, mace,..) - making students awere of the written and iconographical (so-called Fechtbuch, Ringbuch and Kriegsbuch) sources and with the finds not only from Czech Republic
Syllabus
  • 1. Development of the fighting systems in prehistory and antiquity through the Europe and the Middle East. 2. The iconographic and the written sources about the fighting systems in the 10th – 17th centuries. 3.-4. Development of medieval sword in the 11th – 17th centuries. The basic literature, typological systems and the finds from the Czech Republic. 5. The development of the fencing in the medieval Europe, mostly in Germany. The overview of the written sources and the basic fencing techniques. 6.-7. The development of the single-edged swords in Europe in the 11th-17th centuries. The basic literature, typological systems and the finds from the Czech Republic. 8. The development of the falchion fencing in the 15th-17th centuries. The overview of the written sources and the basic fencing techniques and Masters of defence. 9. Daggers in the medieval Europe. The basic literature, the typological systems and the finds from the Czech Republic. 10. Mace, war-hammer, axe and staff-weapons. The basic literature, the typological systems and the finds from the Czech Republic. 11. – 12. Development of the medieval armour in the 11th-16th centuries. The basic literature, the typological systems and the finds from the Czech Republic and Europe.
Literature
  • ŠEBELA, Radek. Zbraně a zbroj v ikonografickém materiálu od roku 1000 do 1350 na území České republiky. Edited by Libor Jan. 2002, 211 s. URL info
  • RUTTKAY, Alexander. Zbrane na Slovensku v 9.-1. polovici 14. storočia. Nitra: Archeologický ústav SAV, 1974, 43 s. info
  • GŁOSEK, Marian. Znaki i napisy na mieczach średniowiecznych w Polsce. Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Polskiej akademii nauk, 1973, 176 s. info
  • DROBNÁ, Zoroslava. Kroje, zbroj a zbraně doby předhusitské a husitské : [1350-1450]. Edited by Jan Durdík, Illustrated by Eduard Wagner. Vyd. 1. Praha: Naše vojsko, 1956, 101 s. URL info
Teaching methods
lectures, homeworks
Assessment methods
colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2012, recent)
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