FF:LJMedB33 Czech Reformation - Course Information
LJMedB33 Czech Reformation and the History of Ideas
Faculty of ArtsSpring 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
- there are 12 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- 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.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2022, recent)
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