FF:AES_602 Ecclesiastical orders

AES_602 Ecclesiastical orders and their edifices (until the end of the 16th century)

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2019

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. Ing. PhDr. Miroslav Plaček (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. Ing. PhDr. Miroslav Plaček
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková

Timetable

each even Thursday 12:00–15:40 M22

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of Christian ideology, historical evolution of the Church and changes in its organisational structure, general orientation in the building-historical, artistic and religious material culture and also in the historical geography of Europe and the Near East.

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

there are 17 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

Students will be familiarized with individual medieval ecclesiastical orders (especially Catholic Christianity, including chivalric orders) and their most important building production. Focus will be laid on monastic (and religious) buildings, fortifications, as well as economic and operational structures. Special attention will be paid to ruined and defunct buildings that have undergone archaeological and other research.

Learning outcomes

Student will be able to:
- formulate the knowledge acquired by study and to put the results of this study into a wider historical context;
- compare scholarly opinions about the subject of medieval ecclesiastical orders and their constructions;
- introduce the selected topic of ecclesiastical orders and their edifices to colleagues in the form of a presentation.

Syllabus

1/ Monastic life and its development
2/ Groups of orders and their structure and character
3/ The so-called colonization orders and their functions
4/ Mendicant orders and their functions
5/ Chivalric (military) orders and their connection with Crusades
6/ Monastic states
7/ The other orders
8/ Monasteries, their forms and transformations
9/ Operational facilities (manors, granges etc.)
10/ Commends and church castles and fortified houses
11/ Towns and market-places
12/ Monasteries of the Eastern Churches

Literature

required literature

Encyklopedie řádů a kongregací v českých zemích. I. díl:, Řády rytířské a křížovníci (Variant.) : Encyklopedie řádů, kongregací a řeholních společností katolické církve v českých zemích. I. díl:, Řády rytířské a křížovníci. info
KUTHAN, Jiří. Benediktinské kláštery střední Evropy a jejich architektura. Vyd. 1. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze. 360 s. ISBN 9788074223341. 2014. info
FOLTÝN, Dušan. Encyklopedie moravských a slezských klášterů. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri. 878 s. ISBN 8072770268. 2005. info

recommended literature

BOROVSKÝ, Tomáš. Kláštery, panovník a zakladatelé na středověké Moravě (Monasteries, Ruler and Founders in medieval Moravia). Brno: Matice moravská. 298 pp. Knižnice Matice moravské sv. 16. ISBN 80-86488-22-5. 2005. info
POCHE, Emanuel. Umělecké památky Čech. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia. 636 s. 1982. info
POCHE, Emanuel. Umělecké památky Čech. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia. 538 s. 1980. info
POCHE, Emanuel. Umělecké památky Čech. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia. 578 s. 1978. info
POCHE, Emanuel. Umělecké památky Čech. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia. 643 s. 1977. info

Teaching methods

Lectures and seminars with abundant computer presentations.

Assessment methods

Colloquium - elaboration of a brief paper on a selected topic will be supplemented with questions to test the basic overview. Rating passed/failed.

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