PV1A221 Medieval Diplomatics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Elbel, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Lenka Šmídová Malárová, Ph.D. et Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Elbel, 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
Mon 16:00–18:40 B2.33
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
Course objectives
The content of this course is papal, imperial and private diplomatics in the broadest sense of the word during the Middle Ages; as part of private diplomatics there will be an examination of Czech imperial, religious, aristocratic and urban Mediaeval diplomatics. Emphasis will be placed on despatched as well as internal documents (systematic diplomatics), an analysis of external and internal signs (analytic diplomatics), as well as on understanding the process of the emergence of charters and other documents in chanceries in the wider context of the history of administration, Mediaeval society and culture (genetic diplomatics).
Learning outcomes
STUDENTS WHO COMPLETE THE COURSE WILL BE ABLE TO:- explain the differences between individual types of papal and imperial charters, as well as the charters and other documents from Czech kings and bishops, - typologically classify and describe the most important examples of internal documents including official books (concept, papal register, imperial register, Czech royal register, the special register of Prague archbishops and Olomouc bishops, provincial records, land registers, town registers, collections of forms), - describe the outer and inner signs of charters, - understand the main periods of development in Mediaeval chanceries, how they operated and how documents emerged, - use this information when working with Mediaeval documents in the archives.
Syllabus
  • 1–3) papal diplomatics in the Middle Ages;
  • 4–6) imperial diplomatics in the Middle Ages;
  • 7) private European diplomatics in the Middle Ages;
  • 8–9) Czech princely and royal diplomatics during the period of the Přemyslids;
  • 10) Czech royal diplomatics in the Late Middle Ages;
  • 11) Czech religious diplomatics in the Middle Ages;
  • 12) Czech aristocratic diplomatics in the Middle Ages;
  • 13) Czech urban diplomatics in the Middle Ages
Literature
  • VOGHTHERR, Thomas: Urkundenlehre. Basiswissen.Hannover 2008
  • FRENZ, Thomas: Papsturkunden des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit. Stuttgart 1986
  • BRESLAU, Harry: Handbuch der Urkundenlehre für Deutschland und Italien. 1–2. Reprint 2. vydání. Berlin 1969
  • Česká diplomatika do r. 1848. Edited by Jindřich Šebánek - Zdeněk Fiala - Zdeňka Hledíková. 2. nezm. vyd. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1984, 376 s. info
  • ŠEBÁNEK, Jindřich – DUŠKOVÁ, Sáša: Česká listina doby přemyslovské, Sborník archivních prací 6/1, 1956, s. 136-209; Sborník archivních prací 6/2, 1956, s. 99-158
  • ŠEBÁNEK, Jindřich and Sáša DUŠKOVÁ. Výbor studií k českému diplomatáři. Edited by Vladimír Vašků. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Univerzita J.E. Purkyně, 1981, 173 s. URL info
  • NOVÝ, Rostislav. Listiny pražských biskupů XI. - XIV. století : (diplomaticko - správní rozbor). 1. vyd. Praha: Universita Karlova, 1961, 165 s. info
  • HLAVÁČEK, Ivan – HRDINA, Jan (ed.): Církevní správa v českých zemích ve středověku a její písemnosti. Praha 2003 (=Acta Universitatis Carolinae Pragensis, Philosophica et historica 1999/2 – Z pomocných věd historických 15).
Teaching methods
Teaching consists of two hours of lectures and a one-hour seminar where there will be a discussion on document excerpts presented in an authentic form.
Assessment methods
During the oral exam, students will be presented with excerpts from three documents from papal, imperial and Czech Medieval diplomatics. Students will briefly describe these excerpts and arrange them chronologically and typologically. The subsequent theoretical questions on papal, imperial and Czech diplomatics will be based on these previous excerpts.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021.
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