FF:AES_503 Hedeby - Course Information

AES_503 Hedeby. Northern and eastern perifery of the Frankish Empire

Extent and Intensity

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

Teacher(s)

Volker Hilbert (lecturer), doc. Mgr. Klára Šabatová, Ph.D. (deputy)
Michael Lebsak (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Klára Šabatová, 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 Virtuální místnost, Wed 10:00–11:40 Virtuální místnost

Prerequisites

The ability to follow professional lecture in English. Completion of the course AEB_A14f Early Middle Ages in Central Europe is an advantage.

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 course provides general information on historical events and development of the European continent, especially northern and eastern periphery of the Frankish Empire in the Early Middle Ages. Emphasis is put on excavation and knowledge of site Hedeby.

Learning outcomes

After completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- hold a well-founded discussion about fundamental trends in present-day European early medieval research in Northern Europe

Syllabus

• 1. Introduction: Hedeby as a Viking Period emporium
• 2. Hedeby's research history
• 3. Written sources/Seafaring and travelling – Hedeby’s harbour
• 4. Hedeby‘s harbour and ships and the layout of the settlement
• 5. Hedeby‘s burial rites and the archaeology of belief
• 6. Hedeby‘s burial rites and Economic basis of the EMA
• 7. The access to raw materials, Handicraft and their organisations
• 8. Farinn vestr - Hedeby and England
• 9. Silver and the silver economies of the Viking period
• 10. Hedeby's demise in the 11th century

Literature

required literature
• MILO, Peter. Frühmittelalterliche Siedlungen in Mitteleuropa. Eine vergleichende Strukturanalyse durch Archäologie und Geophysik. (Early medieval settlements in central Europe. A comparative structural analysis by archaeology and geophysics.). Bonn: Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH, 2014, 702 pp. Studien zur Archäologie Europas 21. ISBN 978-3-7749-3840-3. URL info
• BRATHER, Sebastian. Archäologie der westlichen Slawen : Siedlung, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft im früh- und hochmittelalterlichen Ostmitteleuropa. 2., überarbeitete und erw. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2008, xii, 449. ISBN 9783110206098. info
• The archaeology of medieval Europe. Edited by James Graham-Campbell - Magdalena Valor Piechotta. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press, 2007, 479 s. ISBN 9788779342880. URL info
• WICKHAM, Chris. Framing the early Middle Ages : Europe and the Mediterranean 400-800. 1st pub. in pbk. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, xxviii, 99. ISBN 9780199212965. info
• BARFORD, P. M. The early Slavs : culture and society in early medieval Eastern Europe. 1st pub. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2001, xvi, 416. ISBN 0801439779. info
• Střed Evropy okolo 1000. Edited by Alfried Wieczorek - Hans-Martin Hinz. Stuttgart: Theiss, 2000, 539 s. ISBN 3806215456. info

recommended literature
• The Oxford handbook of Anglo-Saxon archaeology. Edited by Helena Hamerow - David Alban Hinton - Sally Crawford. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011, xxv, 7078. ISBN 9780199212149. info

Teaching methods

lectures

Assessment methods

Requirements for the examination:
- basic orientation within the branch
- a written test

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: blokově.

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