FF:AEB_37 Long-distance trade in Europe - Course Information

AEB_37 Long-distance trade in early medieval Europe

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Petra Maříková Vlčková (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. Mgr. Jiří Macháček, 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

each even Wednesday 12:30–15:45 T227

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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

The course will familiarise the students with key factors of the development of long-distance routes and mainly of trade contacts in early medieval Europe (between about 500 – 1000 AD). Focus will mainly be laid on the course of trade routes in general, on the changes which they underwent due to long-time, mainly social and ethnical, transformations, and on the role which the Bohemian lands have played in these contacts. The course also pays attention to historical impact of long-distance trade, above all with regard to the rise and development of early polities, and to the presence and social role of ethnical and professional groups who were involved in such undertaking (Jews).

Syllabus

• • 1. Definition of terms. Exchange/barter, methodological approaches. • 2. Overview of political history of the so-called border lands of Europe. • 3. Legacy of the Antiquity – maritime trade in Mediterranean world. • 4. Between Antiquity and Middle Ages: trade in Eastern Mediterranean – Constantinople • 5. Merchants • 6. Slave trade • 7. Silver trade and the so-called Hack-silver finds • 8. Long-distance trade routes across Europe and the Mediterranean • 9. Archaeological finds illustrating the long-distance trade • 10. Long-distance trade centres I • 11. Long-distance trade centres II • 12. Hanseatic leagues

Literature

recommended literature
• CHARVÁT, Petr. Dálkový obchod v raně středověké Evropě : (7.-10. století). Vydání 1. Brno: Filozofická fakulta Masarykovy univerzity, 1998, 110 stran. ISBN 8021019859. info

Teaching methods

Basic orientation in the individual spheres of research in the field - Knowledge of specialist literature, periodicals and outcomes of the work of significant researchers within the scope of the lecture and the assigned reading - Adequate participation in the work of the lecture

Assessment methods

Completion Requirements: preparation and submission of a written thesis (3–4 standard pages) presenting a summary of selected scientific paper in foreign language (Englich, German, French etc.) from the field of Early Medieval long-distance trade (the thesis will be written in Czech or Slovak language). Students should acquire the skill to understand and use various scientific papers and to summarize their contents in clear written form.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.

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