PV2A310 Auxiliary Historical Sciences – German Terminology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Dr. Daniel Luger (lecturer)
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
Prerequisites
! PV2A214 Auxiliary Historical Sciences
Required knowledge of German at a B2 level.
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: 0/20, 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
Course objectives
The course provides an overview of the methodological framework of auxiliary sciences specific to the scholarly tradition of German-speaking countries (clearly distinguishable from the English and French approaches to the topic), and to outline the development of a standard canon of disciplines belonging to a field of research which started out as early as the first half of the 18th century. The main goal of the course is to familiarize students with the terminology applied in German academic literature. The language of the course will, therefore, mainly be German.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, students:
- will be able to actively and passively work with the terminology of auxiliary historical sciences in German;
- in German they will have learned to describe Medieval and Early Modern Age Latin script, epigraphical monuments, manuscripts, charters and seals, and properly describe coats of arms;
- in addition, students will be given a brief outline of the historical development of auxiliary historical sciences in German-speaking countries.
Syllabus
  • The six units will cover: Introduction to the discipline and its development
  • Diplomatics
  • Palaeography of the Middle Ages
  • Early Modern Palaeography
  • Heraldry and Sigillography
  • Medieval and Early Modern Epigraphy
Literature
  • Friedrich Beck/Eckart Henning (Hg.), Vom Nutz und Frommen der Historischen Hilfswissenschaften. Beiträge der gemeinsamen Tagung des HEROLD mit seiner Fachgruppe „Historische Hilfswissenschaften“ ..., (Herold-Studien 5) Berlin 2000
  • HENNING, Eckart. Auxilia historica : Beiträge zu den historischen Hilfswissenschaften und ihren Wechselbeziehungen. 3., nochmals erweiterte Aufl. Köln: Böhlau, 2015, 700 stran. ISBN 9783412224301. info
  • Erika Eisenlohr/Peter Worm (Hg.), Fachgebiet Historische Hilfswissenschaften. Ausgewählte Aufsätze zum 65. Geburtstag von Peter Rück (elementa diplomatica 9) Marburg a. d. Lahn 2000.
  • Eckhart Henning, Hennings HIWI-Test. 175 Fragen und Antworten rund um die Historischen Hilfswissenschaften. Mit 10 Thesen über die Gemeinsamkeiten der Historischen Hilfswissenschaften. Berlin 2009.
  • Historische Hilfswissenschaften : Stand und Perspektiven der Forschung. Edited by Toni Diederich - Joachim Oepen. Köln: Böhlau, 2005, ix, 188. ISBN 341212205X. info
  • Bernhard Bischoff, Paläographie des römischen Altertums und des abendländischen Mittelalter. Mit einer Auswahlbibliographie 1986-2008 von Walter Koch (Grundlagen der Germanistik 24). Berlin 2009.ISBN 978-3-503-09884-2
  • Thomas Vogtherr, Urkundenlehre. Basiswissen (Hahnsche Historische Hilfswissen 3) Hannover 2008.ISBN 978-3775261333
  • Walter Koch, Inschriftenpaläographie des abendländischen Mittelalters und der früheren Neuzeit. [Teil 1:] Früh- und Hochmittelalter. Wien/München 2007.
  • Georg Scheibelreiter, Heraldik. Wien/München 2006. ISBN: 3-486-57751-4
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
At the end of the course is a written examination.
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on completion of the course: Test
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Koná se v lichém roce.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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