FF:AR1B68 Sigismund of Luxembourg II - Course Information

AR1B68 Sigismund of Luxembourg: A Medieval Ruler on the Threshold of Modern Times II

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Taught in person.

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Petr Elbel, Ph.D. (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

Timetable

Tue 18:00–19:40 B2.52, except Tue 16. 4.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

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Course objectives

This two-part course is an introduction to the personality and rule of the last monarch from the Luxembourg dynasty in the context of the geopolitical, social, economic and cultural history of Europe at the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries. The second part of the course focuses on Sigismund’s role during the Council of Constance and the Hussite revolution.

Learning outcomes

Graduates of the course will be able to characterize the personality of King Sigismund in the context of European and Czech history from the first half of the 15th century and explain his role at the Council of Constance, in the Hussite trial, in the course and ending of the Hussite revolution, all within the context of European developments. They will also be able to interpret diplomatic and narrative sources of Hungarian, imperial and Bohemian provenance.

Syllabus

• 1) Preparation and convening of the Council of Constance and the role of Sigismund of Luxembourg;
• 2) Inviting of Jan Hus to the Council, the trial of Hus and Sigismund of Luxembourg’s role in it, beginnings of the formation of Sigismund’s party in the Czech lands;
• 3) Sigismund’s diplomatic mission to Aragon, France and England;
• 4) Elimination of the schism, election of Martin V, Sigismund’s unsuccessful efforts to promote church reform and the development of his Bohemian politics up to the year 1419;
• 5–6) The attempt to take over the rule of Bohemia, the first and second crusade against the Hussites;
• 7) Changes in Sigismund’s Bohemian politics between 1422 and 1431, Sigismund’s problems in the empire and on the Turkish front;
• 8) Sigismund’s Roman expedition and the beginning of the Council of Basel;
• 9) Negotiations between the Council and the Hussites on the Compactata and the role of Sigismund of Luxembourg;
• 10) The Compactata, electoral capitulation, acceptance of Sigismund on the throne of Bohemia;
• 11) Sigismund’s brief reign in Bohemia in 1436–1437, the attempt to destroy the resistance and find a modus vivendi with the Bohemian Estates;
• 12) Sigismund’s court, office and diplomacy;
• 13) Presentation of seminar papers

Literature

• BAUM, Wilhelm. Císař Zikmund : Kostnice, Hus a války proti Turkům. Translated by Danuše Martinová - Pavel Kocek. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1996, 405 s. ISBN 8020405437. info
• HOENSCH, Jörg K. Kaiser Sigismund. Herrscher an der Schwelle zur Neuzeit 1368–1437. München 1996.
• MÁLYUSZ, Elemér. Kaiser Sigismund in Ungarn : 1387-1437. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1990, 421 s. ISBN 9630549786. info
• KAVKA, František. Poslední Lucemburk na českém trůně : králem uprostřed revoluce. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1998, 290 s. ISBN 8020406808. info
• DVOŘÁKOVÁ, Daniela. Čierna kráľovná Barbora Celjská, (1392-1451) : životný príbeh uhorskej, rímsko-nemeckej a českej kráľovnej. Vyd. 1. Budmerice: Rak, 2013, 303 s. ISBN 9788085501605. info
• ŠMAHEL, František. Jan Hus : život a dílo. Vydání první. Praha: Argo, 2013, 312 stran. ISBN 9788025708750. info
• ŠMAHEL, František. Husitská revoluce. Vyd. 2., ve vyd. Karolinum 1. Praha: Karolinum, 1995, 498 s. ISBN 8071840726. info
• ŠMAHEL, František. Husitská revoluce. Vyd. 2., ve vydav. Karolinum. Praha: Karolinum, 1996, 364 s. ISBN 8071840726. info
• ŠMAHEL, František. Husitská revoluce. Vyd. 2., Ve vydavatelství K. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1996, 420 s. ISBN 8071840726. info
• ŠMAHEL, František. Husitská revoluce. Vyd. 2., ve vydavatelství K. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1996, 550 s. ISBN 8071840726. info
• ČORNEJ, Petr. Velké dějiny zemí Koruny české. Vyd. 1. Praha: Paseka, 2000, 788 s. ISBN 8071852961. info
• COUFAL, Dušan. Polemika o kalich mezi teologií a politikou 1414-1431 : předpoklady basilejské disputace o prvním z pražských artikulů. 1. vyd. Praha: Kalich, 2012, 326 s. ISBN 9788070171851. info
• VÁLKA, Josef. Zikmund a husité. Jak zakončit (husitskou) revoluci (Sigismund and the Hussites. How to Put an End to the (Hussite) Revolution). Časopis Matice moravské. Brno: Matice moravská, 2009, vol. 128, No 1, p. 3-33. ISSN 0323-052X. info
• VÁLKA, Josef. Husitství na Moravě - Náboženská snášenlivost - Jan Amos Komenský. 1st ed. Brno: Matice moravská, 2005, 378 pp. ISBN 80-86488-17-9. info

Teaching methods

The seminars consist of a short introductory talk by the teacher (ca. 30 mins) and the analysis of narrative and diplomatic sources on the issue in question, which are either written in period Czech or are available in Czech or Slovak translation. In addition, students produce an independent seminar paper related to selected issues concerning Sigismund’s reign and especially his Hussite policy. The paper will be based on the study of sources and will meet the requirements of an academic text (it will contain footnotes with references to sources and literature).

Assessment methods

The awarding of credits is dependent upon active participation in the seminar and the completion of the seminar paper and presentation of it at the final lesson.

Language of instruction

Czech

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