FF:HIA280 The Court Society - Course Information

HIA280 The Court Society

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Mgr. Tomáš Knoz, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Mgr. Tomáš Knoz, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Tue 18:00–19:40 D51

Prerequisites

Specialisation of masterstadies: History of the Early New Age

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• History of the Early Modern Age (programme FF, N-HI_)

Course objectives

The basic areas of research will be the structure and composition of the absolutist court, ceremonies and other ostentatious displays of the Baroque court, the economic and personal provision of the court, the behaviour of the travelling court, the court’s function in the running of the state, the court gentry and the landed gentry.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course students will: describe the life in the Baroque court, prinicpally in Central Europe and in France, and interpret of primary sources. From this there will develop further analyses of issues, which will be looked at in the wider context of contemporary research.

Syllabus

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The ceremonial procession of the Emperor into Vienna
• 3. Emperor Charles VI’s arrival into Znojmo
• 4. Courtly travels and the daily life of the court
• 5. The Emperor’s court in residence in Mikulov
• 6. Courtly celebrations
• 7. Courtly life and the expense of running the court
• 8. A courtier and his relationship to his ruler
• 9. The lovers of Ludwig XIV
• 10. Conclusion

Literature

required literature
• EHALT, Hubert Ch.: Ausdruckformen absolutistischer Herrschaft . Der Wiener Hof im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert. Wien, Verlag für Geschichte und Politik, 1980. ISBN: 9783486423716.
• VÁCHA, Štěpán, Irena VESELÁ, Vít VLNAS and Petra VOKÁČOVÁ. Karel VI. & Alžběta Kristýna. Česká korunovace 1723. Praha – Litomyšl: Paseka, Národní galerie v Praze, 2009. (Historická paměť, velká řada 18). Historický ústav Masarykovy univerzity Český rozhlas další recenze Dějiny a současnost Nakladatelství Paseka Umění Genealogické a heraldické listy Theatrum historiae Folia Historica Bohemica info
• ELIAS, Norbert. O procesu civilizace : sociogenetické a psychogenetické studie. Translated by Blanka Pscheidtová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2007, 353 s. ISBN 9788072039623. info
• BLUCHE, François. Za časů Ludvíka XIV. : král Slunce a jeho století. Translated by Josef Kšír. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2006, 292 s. ISBN 8072036750. info
• Vznik habsburské monarchie : 1550-1700. Edited by R. J. W. Evans, Translated by Lenka Kolářová. 1. vyd. Praha: Argo, 2003, 593 s. ISBN 8072034634. info

recommended literature
• BURKE, Peter: The Fabrication of Louis XIV. New Haven and London 1992. Yale University Press; New Ed edition (14 Feb. 1994) ISBN 9780300059434.
• ELIAS, Norbert: Die höfische Gesellschaft. Untersuchungen zur Soziologie des Königtums und der höfischen Aristokratie. Frankfurt/M, Suhrkamp 1983, ISBN 978-3-518-28023-2
• MATSCHE, Franz: Die Kunst im Dienst der Staatsidee Kaiser Karls VI. Ikonographie, Ikonologie und Programmatik des "Kaiserstils". (Berlin/ New York: W. de Gruyter, 1981. ISBN 9780300059434.
• DUINDAM, Jeroen: Vienna and Versailles: The Courts of Europe's Dynastic Rivals, 1550-1780 (New Studies in European History). Cambridge 2003. ISBN 0521822629.
• KAUFMANN, Thomas DaCosta. Court, cloister, and city : the art and culture of Central Europe, 1450-1800. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995, 576 s. ISBN 0226427307. info

Teaching methods

Seminars, 1½ hours per week

Assessment methods

Credit based on one of the texts explained and discussed during seminars.

Language of instruction

Czech

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