MUI_58 History of Civilisation VI.

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Otakar Kirsch, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Otakar Kirsch, Ph.D.
Division of Museology – Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Pavel Holman
Supplier department: Division of Museology – Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
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 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The aim of the course is acquaintance the students with baroque day-to-day life and material culture in the Czech Lands. At the end of the course students will be able to describe basic tendencies in development of the society in historical Czech Lands in the 17th and 18th century. They will manage to characterize significant elements of contemporary civilisation and specific forms of everyday life within particular components of society (monarchs, nobility, citizens etc.)
Syllabus
  • Everyday life in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia 2. half of 17. century, consequencecs of thirty years war.
  • Structure of society, handicrafts and manufactory.
  • Sustenance, costume, furniture, banquets, music, medicine and hygiene, etc.
  • Warfare - development of tactik, arms and armories.
  • Science, religion, recatholisation.
  • Games and entertainment.
Literature
  • Válka, Josef. Dějiny Moravy 2- Morava reformace, renesance a baroka. Brno 1996.
  • KROUPA, Jiří. Alchymie štěstí. Pozdní osvícenství a moravská společnost 1770-1810. (The Alchemy of Hapiness. The Late Enlightenment and the Moravian Comunity 1770-1810.). Druhé, rozšířené a upravené. Brno: Era, 2006, 328 pp. Dějiny kultury. ISBN 80-7366-063-6. info
  • BĚLINA, Pavel, Jiří KAŠE and Jan Pavel KUČERA. České země v evropských dějinách. Vyd. 1. Praha ;: Paseka, 2006, 333 s. ISBN 8071857920. info
  • MAŤA, Petr. Svět české aristokracie : (1500-1700). Praha: Lidové noviny, 2004, 1060 s. ISBN 8071063126. info
  • BĚLINA, Pavel. Dějiny zemí koruny české. 8. vyd. Praha: Paseka, 2002, 328 s. ISBN 8071855030. info
  • PETRÁŇ, Josef. Dějiny hmotné kultury. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 1997, s. 481-100. ISBN 80-7184-086-6. info
  • KYBALOVÁ, Ludmila. Dějiny odívání. [2], Barok a rokoko. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 1997, 235 s. : i. ISBN 80-7106-143-31. info
  • PETRÁŇ, Josef. Počátky českého národního obrození : společnost a kultura v 70. až 90. letech 18. století. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1990, 321 s. ISBN 8020000615. info
  • BĚLINA, Pavel. Česká města v 18. století a osvícenské reformy. Praha: Academia, 1985, 121 s. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
written exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011.
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