FF:PV1B67 Faleristics and Vexillology - Course Information

PV1B67 Faleristics and Vexillology

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Tomáš Krejčík, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Tomáš Krejčík, CSc.
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

Prerequisites (in Czech)

! PV1A252 Faleristics and Vexillology

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Auxiliary Historical Sciences (programme FF, B-HI) (2)
• Auxiliary Historical Sciences (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives

The aim of this course is to provide basic information about the two disciplines. Faleristics studies the development of orders of merit and other orders or decorations and their transformation in the Middle Ages and modern era. By studying members of orders and knightly societies, we gain a knowledge of social structures. In the vexillological part we focus on understanding symbolism or ideologies.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, students will have gained practical experience in the administration of faleristic or vexillological museum collections and a grasp of the social background of orders and societies.

Syllabus

• 1) Basic concepts, terminology, faleristics literature;
• 2) Great knightly orders;
• 3) Orders of merit;
• 4) 19th century orders and decorations;
• 5) Historical and sociological aspects of faleristics;
• 6) The Moravian nobility’s membership of orders;
• 7) Faleristics and fine art;
• 8) The principle of honours and the equality of citizens in civil society;
• 9) Basic concepts and literature of vexillology;
• 10) Medieval vexillological objects;
• 11) Vexillology in the modern era;
• 12) The symbolic context of vexillology

Literature

• Stolzer, Johann - Steeb, Christian [Hrsg.]: Österreichs Orden vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. Graz : Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, 1996. 513 s.
• Alexy, Zdenko G.: Ehrenzeichen der Kapitel in vormals Habsburgischen Ländern. Wien - Köln - Wiemar : Böhlau Verlag, 1996. 218 s. ISBN 3-205-98645-8
• KOLÁČNÝ, Ivo. Řády a vyznamenání Habsburské monarchie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Elka Press, 2006, 300 s. ISBN 8090274595. info
• Fidler, J.-Wittlichová, L.-Kocourek, O.-Rendek, J.(Eds.): Krása evropské faleristiky. Vyznamenání členských zemí Evropské unie. = The beauty of European faleristics …, Praha : Naše vojsko, 2009. 63 s., barev. il. ISBN:978-80-206-0997-7
• Koláčný, Ivan - Sklenářová, Sylva - Engelbrecht, Wilken W. K. H. Nizozemí v řádech a vyznamenáních od zlatého rouna po současnost. Brno : Moravské zemské muzeum, 2015. 184 s. : ilustrace, portréty, erby. ISBN:978-80-7028-448-3
• LOBKOWICZ, František. Encyklopedie řádů a vyznamenání. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 1995, 238 s., [8. ISBN 80-901579-9-8. info
• Měřička, Václav: Orden und Auszeichnungen. Prague, Artia 1966.

Teaching methods

The classes are divided into lectures and seminars in which documents from the collections of the Moravian Provincial Archive will be interpreted in relation to faleristics.

Assessment methods

Appraisal will be based on a short written work focused on particular issues in faleristics and vexillology. Assessment in the form of credit which will contain an analysis of the work and follow-up questions on the topic.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

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