HIB052b The family in early modern Europe

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Věra Slováková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Věra Slováková, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 8:00–9:40 B1.41, except Wed 17. 4.
Prerequisites
English level B1 (CEFR).
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 11/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • History (programme FF, B-HI_) (3)
Course objectives
This course covers the history of European family from 1600 to 1800, with a focus on the family in the Czech lands. The seminars address topics such as marriage, family size, household structure and broken families. The factors influencing an individual’s life cycle and a family life cycle (e. g. gender, social status, rural vs. urban environment) are explored as well. Students learn about possible ways to study the history of family and have an opportunity to work with relevant sources (e.g. parish registers, lists of inhabitants, orphan registers).
Learning outcomes
Students will be able:
to describe family forms in early modern Europe and Czech lands
to describe personal life cycle and family life cycle
to use various methods to research families in the past
to work with relevant historical sources (e.g. parish registers, lists of inhabitants, orphan registers)
Syllabus
  •  Family forms in early modern Europe
  •  Choosing a partner, marriage, nuptiality
  •  Starting a family, children, fertility
  •  Family life, roles within the household
  •  Adolescence, education, domestic service
  •  Elderly people, retirement, mortality
  •  Orphans, widows, widowers
  •  Aristocratic families
  •  Modern families
Literature
  • Wall, Richard – Robin, Jean – Laslett, Peter (edd.), Family forms in historic Europe. Cambridge 1983.
  • Kertzer, David I. – Barbagli, Marzio (edd.): The History of the European Family. Volume One. Family Life in Early Modern Times 1500–1789. New Haven, London 2001.
  • Hajnal, John. “Two Kinds of Preindustrial Household Formation System.” Population and Development Review 8, no. 3 (1982): 449–94. https://doi.org/10.2307/1972376.
  • CUNNINGHAM, Hugh. Children and childhood in western society since 1500. Second edition. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2005, ix, 238. ISBN 9780582784536. info
  • COONTZ, Stephanie. Marriage, a history : from obedience to intimacy or how love conquered marriage. New York: Viking, 2005, xi, 432. ISBN 067003407X. info
  • New perspectives on historical writing. Edited by Peter Burke. Second edition. University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001, viii, 306. ISBN 0271021179. info
  • MITTERAUER, Michael and Reinhard SIEDER. The european family : patriarchy to partnership from the middle ages to the present. 1st pub. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1983, xv, 235 s. ISBN 0-631-12913-8. info
Teaching methods
Reading, work with historical sources, discussion, pair work, lectures.
Assessment methods
Active participation in seminars, regular homework, final test.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2025.
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