HIAb07a History of the Early Modern Age in Eastern Europe

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Pavel Boček, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Pavel Boček, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
HIAb07u Introduction to Early Mod.Age
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • History (programme FF, B-HI_) (2)
Course objectives
This course focuses on knowledge of the religious, political and cultural history of Central-Eastern, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe from the beginning of the 16th to the beginning of the 18th Centuries. On the basis of a commented analysis of the sources accompanied by an interpretation, the students will become acquainted with the key factors, which affected the development of this part of Europe in a fundamental way. These include, for example: - the emergence and formation of the Russian Empire and its gradual transformation into a European superpower - the gradual degradation of the Polish-Lithuanian Monarchy - serious changes of the church and religious situations - the specific form of rivalry for hegemony in Eastern Europe influenced often by dynastic interests. Great emphasis will be placed on knowledge of the differences between Eastern and Western Europe and on the awareness of the common features and values to the Christian basis of mature Europe.
Learning outcomes
After completing this course, the students will be able to: - understand the development of Eastern Europe in the period of the Early Modern Period - describe the circumstances of the emergence and development of the despotic regime in the Russia and the successive decline of the Polish-Lithuanian Union which was created on the principle of the medieval aristocratic liberties - orient oneself in the development of the period political thinking - explain the development of the religious and ecclesiastic circumstances - understand the specifics of the development of Eastern Europe in the Early Modern Period and also in the subsequent period.
Syllabus
  • 1. Eastern Europe at the start of the Early Modern Period
  • 2. The estates in Poland and Lithuania
  • 3. The origins of autocracy in Russia
  • 4. Reformation and humanism in Poland
  • 5. The Union of Lublin and its consequences
  • 6. The crisis of the Russian state at the beginning of the 17th century
  • 7. The religious situation in Eastern Europe in the 17th century
  • 8. The revolt of Bohdan Khmelnytsky and its consequences
  • 9. The liberum veto and the Polish estates society in the 17th century
  • 10. Peter I and the foundation of imperial Russia
  • 11. The Enlightenment in Eastern Europe
  • 12. Eastern Europe at the end of the 18th century
  • 13. Russia and Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries
Literature
    required literature
  • FRIEDL, Jiří, Tomasz JUREK, Miloš ŘEZNÍK and Martin WIHODA. Dějiny Polska. Translated by Martin Veselka. Vydání první. Praha: NLN Nakladatelství lidové noviny, 2017, 690 stran. ISBN 9788074223068. info
  • RYCHLÍK, Jan, Bohdan ZILYNSKYJ and Paul R. MAGOCSI. Dějiny Ukrajiny. Vydání první. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2015, 524 stran. ISBN 9788071064091. info
  • KOSMAN, Marceli. Dějiny Polska. Translated by Jan Vitoň. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2011, 451 s. ISBN 9788024618425. info
  • ŠVANKMAJER, Milan. Dějiny Ruska. 4. rozšíř. vyd. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2004, 574 s. ISBN 8071066583. info
  • PRAŽÁK, Richard. Dějiny Maďarska. 1. vyd. V Brně: Masarykova univerzita s podporou Ministerstva školství a kultury Maďarské republiky, 1993, 297 s. ISBN 8021006994. info
    recommended literature
  • BERDJAJEV, Nikolaj Aleksandrovič. Nový středověk : úvaha o osudu Ruska a Evropy. Translated by Jan Kranát. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart, 2004, 141 s. ISBN 8086818055. info
  • PIPES, Richard and Stanislav PAVLÍČEK. Rusko za starého režimu. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2004, 404 s. ISBN 8072035592. info
  • ŠPIDLÍK, Tomáš. Ruská idea :jiný pohled na člověka. Vyd. 1. Velehrad: Refugium, 1996, 414 s. ISBN 80-86045-02-1. info
  • BERDJAJEV, Nikolaj Aleksandrovič. Duše Ruska. Translated by Ivo Pospíšil. Vyd. 1. Brno: Petrov, 1992, 54 s. ISBN 8085247399. info
  • ŠPIDLÍK, Tomáš. Spiritualita křesťanského Východu : systematická příručka. Řím: Křesťanská akademie, 1983, 437 s. info
  • ONASCH, Konrad. Einführung in die Konfessionskunde der orthodoxen Kirchen. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1962, 291, 24. info
  • ONASCH, Konrad. Ikonen. Berlin: Union Verlag, 1961, 431 s. info
  • MACŮREK, Josef. Dějiny polského národa. V Praze: Melantrich, 1948. info
  • MACŮREK, Josef. Dějiny východních Slovanů. První vydání. V Praze: Melantrich, 1947, 284 stran. URL info
  • MACŮREK, Josef. Dějepisectví evropského východu. První vydání. V Praze: nákladem Historického klubu, 1946, 349 stran. info
  • MACŮREK, Josef. Dějiny Maďarů a uherského státu. V Praze: Melantrich, 1934, 344 stran. info
Teaching methods
Class discussion; Analysis of Sources accompanied by a Commentary
Assessment methods
The Condition of passing the Course is the processing of written Work and successful Completion of a written Test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
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