AR1B104 Church and State in the Second Half of the 18th Century

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jiřina Štouračová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Elbel, Ph.D.
Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Supplier department: Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 7:30–9:05 B2.21
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! AR2B74 Church and State &&!NOW( AR2B74 Church and State )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
This course aims to familiarize undergraduates with the development of the relationship of state bodies to church institutions within the Habsburg monarchy. It deals with the search for a way to incorporate ecclesiastical institutions into the new, modern form of the state, deliberations over how to use or not use the bodies of the church to strengthen and modernize the apparatus of the state. It includes familiarization with individuals who created both the political and cultural background for all the discussions and administrative adaptations.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- describe the main milestones in the development of church administration in this period;
- analyse the level of intervention by the state administration in the development of administrative institutions;
- describe how the main administrative bodies of the church operated in the 18th century;
- name and chronologically order the main actors in church administration in the 18th century in the centre and in Moravia;
- assess the benefits of the administrative reforms for the establishment and development of a modern church organisation;
- write an academic study on the development of a selected church institution or church figure, with all the prerequisites of an academic paper.
Syllabus
  • The development of the relationship of state bodies to church institutions within the Habsburg monarchy.
  • The search for a way to incorporate ecclesiastical institutions into the new, modern form of the state.
  • How to use or not use the bodies of the church to strengthen and modernize the apparatus of the state.
Literature
    required literature
  • ZUBER, Rudolf. Osudy moravské církve v 18. století. Edited by Vojtěch Cekota - Miloš Kouřil. Vyd. 1. Olomouc: Matice cyrilometodějská, 2003, 605 s. ISBN 8072661566. info
    recommended literature
  • ŠTOURAČOVÁ, Jiřina. Vývoj správních institucí českého státu 1526–1848 (The development of the administrative institutions of the Czech state 1526-1848). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 96 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7195-7. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    not specified
  • Medek, Václav. Cesta české a moravské církve staletími. Praha: Česká katolická charita, 1982. 375 s.
  • MAŇAS, Vladimír. Rudolf Zuber, Osudy moravské církve v 18. století II. Recenze (Rudolf Zuber, Osudy moravské církve v 18. století II. Review). Studia Comeniana et historica : časopis Muzea J.A. Komenského v Uherském Brodě pro komeniologii, historii 16., 17. a 18. století a regionální dějepis moravsko-slovenského pomezí. Uherský Brod: Muzeum J. A. Komenského, 2005, vol. 35, 73-74, p. 166-169. ISSN 0323-2220. info
  • KADLEC, Jaroslav. Přehled českých církevních dějin. Praha: Zvon, 1991, 281 s. ISBN 80-7113-003-6. info
  • WINTER, Eduard. Josefinismus a jeho dějiny : příspěvky k duchovním dějinám Čech a Moravy, 1740-1848. Translated by Vladimír Soják. Vyd. 1. Praha: Jelínek, 1945, xi, 383. URL info
Teaching methods
Lecture, completion of homework assignments by students.
Assessment methods
Colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2017, Spring 2020, Spring 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2018, recent)
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