LJMedB33 Czech Reformation and the History of Ideas

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022

The course is not taught in Spring 2022

Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lucie Mazalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Petra Mutlová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Petra Mutlová, M.A., Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – 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
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Course objectives
In this course, students will gain knowledge about the most important social and ecclesiological topics of the Czech Reformation.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, students will be able to:
- describe general literary and historical context of the Czech Reformation
- identify the main representatives of the early Czech Reformation and their works
- analyze the main ideas written or pronounced by both reformers and their opponents
- describe an echo of reformatory thinking at the university and in the laic's area
- understand the influence of the early Czech Reformation on the Hussites movement
- understand the relationship between the Czech Reformation and "reformations" in other medieval European lands
Syllabus
  • 1. The so-called Hus´s predecessors (Conrad Waldhauser, Milíč of Kroměříž, Matěj of Janov)
  • 2. Prague University as a space for reading, discussion and controversy (curriculum, influence of John Wyclif's books)
  • 3. Preaching as a reaction to the contemporary social and ecclesiastical problems (Latin synodal critique, Czech sermons in the Bethlehem´s chapel)
  • 4. Communication, street parades and demonstrations (the Antichrist critique)
  • 5. Iconoclasm
  • 6. Burning books and heretics (Jan Hus and Jerome of Prague)
  • 7. Situation in the German lands (Martin Luther)
  • 8. Opponents and critics
  • 9. Trends and streams of the Hussite movement
Literature
    recommended literature
  • A companion to the Hussites. Edited by Michael Van Dussen and Pavel Soukup. Boston: Brill, 2020.
  • A companion to Jan Hus. Edited by František Šmahel - Ota Pavlíček. Leiden: Brill, 2015, x, 447. ISBN 9789004280557. info
  • Religious controversy in Europe, 1378-1536 : textual transmission and networks of readership. Edited by Michael Van Dussen - Pavel Soukup. Turnhout: Brepols, 2013, viii, 350. ISBN 9782503544281. info
    not specified
  • MACHILEK, Franz. Jan Hus (um 1372-1415) : Prediger, Theologe, Reformator. Münster: Aschendorff, 2019, 271 stran. ISBN 9783402110997. info
  • A companion to John Wyclif : late medieval theologian. Edited by Ian Christopher Levy. Leiden: Brill, 2006, xix, 489. ISBN 9004150072. info
  • MARIN, Olivier. L'archevêque, le maître et le dévot : genèses du mouvement réformateur pragois : années 1360-1419. Paris: Honoré Champion, 2005, 605 stran. ISBN 2745311670. info
Teaching methods
Lecture (in English) and discussion
Assessment methods
Final written test, 65% of correct answers is needed to pass the exam.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2022, recent)
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