PV1B118 Modern sources and research methods

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tereza Dlesková (lecturer)
Mgr. Kateřina Kovárová (lecturer)
Mgr. Zdeněk Vostrý, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Elbel, Ph.D.
Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Olga Barová
Supplier department: Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 16:00–17:40 B2.11
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Předmět je vhodný pro studenty, kteří úspěšně absolvovali kurz PV1B02 Městské knihy ve středověku a raném novověku. Doporučená účast.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15
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
The aim of this course is to acquaint students with problems of various sources in the Czech lands since the early modern period to the early 19th century and their editorial access. It introduces students to the functioning of the patrimonial office, cataloguing of the sphragistics material, tax systems issues, functioning of the wine law. There is a focus on the providing a balanced picture of exploring the essential aspects of modern history.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, students will be able to understand the selected apsects of studying modern sources. Attention will be focused to training of reading texts and their transcription.
Syllabus
  • Introduction to the study.
  • Basic knowledge of the subject from diplomatic, administrative and legal perspectives; transcription and interpretation of specific entries.
  • Basics of cataloging of the sphragistics material.
  • Introduction to the tax systems issues.
  • Introduction to the issue of the operation of the patrimonial office.
  • Documents in early modern period, classification and typology of official books.
  • Intorduction to the issue of the functioning of the wine law.
  • Recapitulation (summary of the theory, one lesson dedicated to practical presentations, reading and transcription practice).
Literature
    required literature
  • HLEDÍKOVÁ, Zdeňka, Jan JANÁK and Jan DOBEŠ. Dějiny správy v českých zemích : od počátků státu po současnost. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny. 568 s. ISBN 8071067091. 2005. info
  • SVITÁK, Zbyněk. Z počátků moderní byrokracie : nejvyšší zeměpanský úřad na Moravě v letech 1748-1782 (The Beginning of Modern Bureaucracy: The Supreme Land Governing Office (Allerhöchste Landesfürstliche Stelle) in Moravia between 1748 and 1782.). Vyd. 1. Brno: Matice moravská pro Výzkumné středisko pro dějiny střední Evropy. 587 pp. Země a kultura ve střední Evropě ; sv. 21. ISBN 978-80-86488-91-2. 2011. info
  • Česká diplomatika do r. 1848. Edited by Jindřich Šebánek - Zdeněk Fiala - Zdeňka Hledíková. 2. nezm. vyd. Praha: Univerzita Karlova. 376 s. 1984. info
    recommended literature
  • KREJČÍKOVÁ, Jarmila and Tomáš KREJČÍK. Základy heraldiky, genealogie a sfragistiky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství. 352 s. 1987. URL info
  • KRAFL, Pavel, Jana ZACHOVÁ, Richard PSÍK, Petr ELBEL, Stanislav BÁRTA, Anders Leegaard KNUDSEN, Thomas HANSEN, Thomas BRUGGMANN, Dalibor HAVEL, Lukáš FÜHRER, Myron KAPRAL, Pavel HRUBOŇ, Jan HANOUSEK, Tomáš ČERNUŠÁK, Karel MARÁZ, Tomáš STERNECK and Jana VOJTÍŠKOVÁ. Editorství a edice středověkých pramenů diplomatické povahy na úsvitu 21. století. Směry; tendence; proměny (The editorship and editions of medieval sources of a diplomatic nature at the dawn of the 21st. Century. Directions, Tendencies, Transformations). Praha: Historický ústav AV ČR. 240 pp. Práce Historického ústavu AV ČR, řada C – Miscellanea, sv. 24. ISBN 978-80-7286-249-8. 2016. info
  • KOLDINSKÁ, Marie and Ivo CERMAN. Základní problémy studia raného novověku. Vydání první. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství lidové noviny. 801 stran. ISBN 9788073084851. 2013. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, seminar
Assessment methods
Credit (seminar work)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on course enrolment limitations: Doporučená účast.
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