PV1A330 State Administration until 1526

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Stanislav Bárta, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Stanislav Bárta, 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
Prerequisites (in Czech)
!NOW( AR1A330 State Administr. until 1526 )
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
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the basic terminology of the history of administration, including an overview of the territorial development of the Czech lands and of the historical development of state administration in the Czech lands up to the year 1526, with an emphasis on its gradual institutionalization in the fields of political, financial and legal administration. Another aim is to introduce the basic features of other types of administration, namely municipal, patrimonial and ecclesiastical. In the seminar part, the aim is to introduce students to the sources of the history of administration, and the fundamental editions and research approaches.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- explain the basic concepts of public and state administration;
- chart the territorial development of the Czech state until 1526;
- characterize individual administrative institutions and describe their development;
- work with basic sources, editions and literature on the history of the administration of the period.
Syllabus
  • Defining basic concepts – types of administration.
  • The territorial development of the Czech lands in the Middle Ages.
  • The development of administration under the Přemyslids.
  • The development of administration under the Luxembourgs.
  • Changes in administration in the Hussite period.
  • The development of administration in the Jagiellonian period.
Literature
  • JANIŠ, Dalibor. Zemské soudnictví na Moravě vrcholného středověku. 1. vyd. Brno: Matice moravská, 2013, 275 pp. Knižnice Matice moravské, sv. 39. ISBN 978-80-86488-98-1. info
  • JAN, Libor. Vznik zemského soudu a správa středověké Moravy. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2000, 299 stran. ISBN 8090230490. URL info
  • JANÁK, Jan and Zdeňka HLEDÍKOVÁ. Dějiny správy v českých zemích do roku 1945. 1. vydání. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1989, 519 stran. ISBN 8004211895. URL info
Teaching methods
Lecture, seminar.
Assessment methods
Oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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