HIB0038 Microhistory and the Early Modern Age

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Bronislav Chocholáč, Dr. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Libor Jan, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 14:10–15:45 B1.41
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Schopnost číst české a německé raněnovověké texty
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).
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Course objectives
This course is made up of two parts. In the theoretical sections students will look at the idea of microhistory and its relationship to macrohistory, ethnology, historical anthropology etc. By analysing the principle microhistorical works (R. Beck, J Schlumbohm etc) students will become familiar with its possibilities and pitfalls. It will define an area of questions and issues which foreign research has been dealing with. In the second part of the course students will have the opportunity to use this approach in a practical manner when analysing Moravian Early Modern Age sources from the countryside.
Syllabus
  • Introduction, main literature
  • The roots of microhistorical research, relationship to macrohistory, influence of ethnology
  • Microhistorical research in Italy and its special characteristics
  • Microhistorical research in Germany and its special characteristics
  • Microhistorical research in the Czech lands?
  • The significance of microhistory, particularly for the history of the underprivileged sections of society
  • Microhistory and contemporary European historiography
  • The application of microhistorical approaches when working with Early Modern Age Moravian sources (continuous)
Literature
  • Beck, Rainer: Unterfinning. Ländliche Welt vor Anbruch der Moderne. München 1993.
  • Schlumbohm, Jürgen: Lebensläufe, Familien, Höfe. Die Bauern und Heuerleute des Osnabrückischen Kirchspiels Belm in proto-industrieller Zeit, 1650-1860. Göttingen 1994.
  • Čechura, Jaroslav: Mikrohistorie - nová perspektiva dějepisectví konce tisíciletí? Dějiny a současnost 16, 1994, 1, s. 2-5.
  • Ginzburg, Carlo: Mikro-Historie. Zwei oder drei Dinge, die ich von ihr wei3. Historische Anthropologie 1, 1993, 2, s. 169-192.
  • Schlumbohm, Jürgen a kol.: Mikrogeschichte - Makrogeschichte: komplementär oder inkommensurabel? Göttinger Gespräche zur Geschichtswissenschaft 7, Göttingen 1998.
  • PETRÁŇ, Josef. Příběh Ouběnic :mikrohistorie české vesnice. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2001, 250 s. ISBN 80-7106-469-6. info
  • GINZBURG, Carlo. Sýr a červi : svět jednoho mlynáře kolem roku 1600. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2000, 223 s. ISBN 807203278X. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, lesson discussions, work whit archival sources; home work
Assessment methods
Oral examination based on one of the texts explained and discussed during seminars.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017.
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