AR1A323 Fundamentals of Monetary Development for Archivists

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Dagmar Grossmannová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Dagmar Grossmannová, 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
Fri 8:00–9:40 B2.44
Prerequisites
A basic knowledge of the field of numismatics.
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: 3/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce students to monetary development in the Czech lands from the establishment of the Czech state up until the period of the modern monetary systems of the 20th century. The course focuses on the major monetary reforms throughout the course of the history of money, types of commodity money and specific means of payment. There is a particular focus on written sources for the history of money and interpreting monetary data in contemporary texts, and special attention is devoted to accounting and monetary units and their designation in written sources. The objective is to provide a basic orientation in the history of money in the Czech lands in relation to archive sources.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- describe the main monetary periods in the history of the Czech lands;
- be conversant with monetary and accounting units in the Czech lands;
- describe monetary reforms in the history of money;
- distinguish minted money from accounting units;
- identify and analyse abbreviations of monetary and accounting units in historical texts.
Syllabus
  • • Sources and methodological approaches.
  • • Monetary development in the Czech lands in the period of the denier currency.
  • • Monetary development in the Czech lands in the period of the groschen currency.
  • • A monetary overview of the Czech lands in the period of the thaler currency.
  • • Conventional currency and the first banknotes.
  • • Austrian currency and the Austro-Hungarian crown currency.
  • • The Czechoslovak crown currency.
  • • Monetary institutions.
  • • Monetary reforms and bankruptcies in the course of the monetary development of the Czech lands.
  • • Accounting and monetary units and their designation in written sources in the Middle Ages and modern period.
  • • Interpreting monetary data in historical texts.
  • • Problems associated with studying prices and wages.
Literature
  • NOHEJLOVÁ-PRÁTOVÁ, Emanuela. Základy numismatiky. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1975, 263 s. URL info
  • - NOVOTNÝ, J., Míry, měny a ceny v urbářích a odhadech na Moravě a ve Slezsku, Slezský sborník 58, 1960, s. 89-111.
  • - NOVOTNÝ, J., Prameny k dějinám cen a mezd na Moravě v 16. a 17. století, Sborník archivních prací 15/1966, č. 2.
  • - POŠVÁŘ, J., Kopy a jiné údaje v moravských pramenech 17. a 18. stol., Numismatické listy XV./1960, s. 40-43.
  • - POŠVÁŘ, J., Měnové poměry na Moravě do roku 1750, Časopis Moravského musea LIII. – LIV., 1968, s. 159-174.
  • SEJBAL, Jiří. Základy peněžního vývoje. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1997, 420 s. ISBN 8021017341. info
  • SEJBAL, Jiří. Dějiny peněz na Moravě. První vydání. Brno: Blok, 1979, 209 stran. URL info
  • - VOREL, P., „Groše české“ a „groše míšeňské“ jako početní jednotky 15. až 18. století, in: Šimek, E. (ed.): Dokumentace a prezentace dějin české mince a měny grošové doby v našich muzeích. Sborník příspěvků ze semináře numismatiků... (viz informace uč.)
  • VOREL, Petr. Od pražského groše ke koruně české : průvodce dějinami peněz v českých zemích. 2., rozš. vyd. Praha: Havran, 2004, 577 s. ISBN 8086515400. info
  • - VOREL, P., Peníze a peněžní početní jednotky v 16. století, Theatrum historiae 6, Pardubice 2010, s. 219-233
  • - VOREL, P., Úvěr, peníze a finanční transakce české a moravské aristokracie při cestách do zahraničí v polovině 16. století. ČČH 96, 1998, s. 754-778.
Teaching methods
A combination of lectures and practical exercises.
Assessment methods
Assessment will take the form of a written test consisting of two parts: 1. A test of theoretical knowledge of the subject; 2. The transcription of a short text.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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