HIA105 Introduction to Medieval History

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Libor Jan, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 17:30–19:05 128A
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
Course objectives
The seminar course places emphasis on
the knowledge of the historical profession with the focus on the history of the Middle Ages,
the ability to interpret the sources, on the capability to distinguish their division, the method of the explication,
the ability to resume the structure and the organization of the critical medievistics,
the knowledge of the principal workplaces, libraries,
the knowledge of the contemporary methodical and conceptual problems,
the knowledge of the terminology, of the system of the sources.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction, methodological guide, the medievalist’s workplace, magazines
  • 2. Periodisation of the Middle Ages, terminology
  • 3. Medieval man and his world
  • 4. Sources and literature, means of assessment, editions, archives, muzeums, libraries
  • 5. Official sources I
  • 6. Official sources II
  • 7. Narrative sources, classification
  • 8. Early medieval narrative sources
  • 9. Late medieval narrative sources
  • 10. The emergence of critical historiography in the Czech lands
  • 11. František Palacký
  • 12. The Goll School
  • 13. The modern medievalist
Literature
  • Heinz Quirin, Einführung in das Studium der mittelaterlichen Geschichte, Stuttgart 1990 (více vydání).
  • Hartmut Boockmann, Einführung in die Geschichte des Mittelaters, München 1988 (více vydání)
  • Marcel Pacaut, Guide de ľ Étudiant en Histoire Médiévale, Paris 1968.
Teaching methods
seminary
Assessment methods
The seminar course is concluded by a written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Spring 2000, Autumn 2000, Spring 2001, Autumn 2001, Spring 2002, Autumn 2002, Spring 2003, Autumn 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020.
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