KLB_110 Selected Chapters from History of Byzantion

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Věra Klontza, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Marek Meško, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Věra Klontza, Ph.D.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 12:00–13:40 M11
Prerequisites
Completion of the course KLA_007 Introduction to Byzantine Archaeology is recommended.
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
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to understand the history of Byzantine Empire. The subject matter is divided into four chapters of development.
Learning outcomes
Basic knowledge of Byzantine history.
Syllabus
  • Late Antiquity or Early Byzantium? The problem of continuity or discontinuity of historical development
  • Byzantine „Dark Age“ – transformation of East-Roman society
  • Extinction, decline or transformation of cities?
  • Slavic expansion to the Balkans
  • Byzantium and Great Moravia: Cyrillo-Methodian Mission between Constantinople and Rome.
Literature
    required literature
  • AVENARIUS, Alexander, Růžena DOSTÁLOVÁ, Vladimír FIALA, Věra HROCHOVÁ, Milan LOOS, Oldřich TŮMA and Vladimír VAVŘÍNEK. Dějiny Byzance. Edited by Bohumila Zástěrová. Vydání 1. Praha: Academia. 529 stran. ISBN 8020004548. 1992. info
  • HAVLÍK, Lubomír Emil. Přehledné dějiny Byzance. Vyd. 1. Brno: Univerzita Jana Evangelisty Purkyně. 121 s. 1971. info
  • BIDLO, J. Kultura byzantská, její vznik a význam. Praha, 1919. info
  • WESSEL, Kl. Die Kultur von Byzanz. Frankfurt, 1970. info
  • MÜLLER, K. Vznik a sláva byzantské říše. Soumrak byzantské říše. 2 sv. Praha, 1927. info
    recommended literature
  • MAIER, Fr.G. Byzanz. Frankfurt, 1973. info
  • ZÁSTĚROVÁ, B. Přehled vývoje a dnešního stavu byzantologie, ČČH 14 (1966), 161-178. 1966. info
  • SCHREINER, P. Byzanz. München, 1994. info
  • KAZHDAN, A.P. Byzanz und seine Kultur. Berlin, 1973. info
  • Vybrané problémy současné byzantologie (sborník s příspěvky R. Dostálové, V. Hrochové, M. Loose a V. Vavřínka). Praha, 1978. info
  • DOSTÁLOVÁ, Růžena. Byzantská vzdělanost. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad. 415 s. ISBN 8070210346. 1990. info
  • MAZAL, O. Handbuch der Byzantinistik. Graz, 1989. info
  • BROWNING, R. The Byzantine Empire. London, 1980. info
  • AVENARIUS, A. Byzantská kultúra v slovanskom prostredí v VI. - XII. storočí. Bratislava, 1992. info
  • HUSSEY, J. The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire. Oxford, 1986. info
  • OSTROGORSKY, G. Geschichte des byzantinischen Staates. München, 1963. info
  • HUNGER, H. Das Reich der neuen Mitte. Der christliche Geist der byzantinische Kultur. Graz, 1965. info
  • HAUSSIG, H.W. Kulturgeschichte von Byzanz. Stuttgart, 1966. info
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2022, recent)
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