FF:IJIA004 Italian History and Culture I - Course Information

IJIA004 Italian History and Culture

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Šebelová, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Kateřina Garajová, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Wed 9:10–10:45 C11

Course Enrolment Limitations

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

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Italian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (3)
• Italian Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives

Italian history and culture from the 5th to the 16th century.

Syllabus

• The main topics of the course Introduction to the History and Culture of Italy are as follows: barbarian tribes in Italy – the Goths, the Longobards and the Franks; the Normans and the birth of the Papal State; the Investiture Controversy – the Emperor against the Pope; the period of the comune and the transition to the signoria; the Great Schism within the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages (heresy); the period of the Renaissance and the beginning of the decline of Italy.

Literature

recommended literature
• ŠEBELOVÁ, Zuzana. Stručné poznámky k Úvodu do dějin a kultury Itálie (V. - XIX. století) (Introduction to the History and Culture of Italy (5th to 19th Century)). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 148 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7073-8. Digitální knihovna FF MU info

not specified
• ROSENDORFSKÝ, Jaroslav. Úvod do politických a kulturních dějin Itálie. 3. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1995, 227 s. ISBN 8021010614. info
• PROCACCI, Giuliano. Dějiny Itálie. Translated by Drahoslava Janderová - Bohumír Klípa - Kateřina Vinšová. 1. čes. vyd. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1997, 493 s. ISBN 80-7106-152-2. info
• KUDRNA, Jaroslav. Dějiny Itálie V.-XVIII. století. Vyd. 2. přepr. Brno: Rektorát UJEP, 1977, 261 s. info
• KUDRNA, Jaroslav. Stát a společnost na úsvitě italské renesance : (studie k odrazu italského města v politické literatuře na konci 13. a na počátku 14. století). Vyd. 1. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1964, 199 s. info
• MONTANELLI, Indro. Dante a jeho doba. Translated by Alena Hartmanová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1981, 260 s. URL info
• COMPAGNI, Dino and Giovanni VILLANI. Florentské kroniky doby Dantovy. Edited by Zdeněk Kalista. Vyd. 1. [Praha]: Odeon, 1969, 637 s. URL info
• FRANZEN, August. Malé církevní dějiny. Translated by Bedřich Smékal. 2. opr. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Zvon, 1995, 358 s. ISBN 80-7113-119-9. info
• GELMI, Josef. Papežové : od svatého Petra po Jana Pavla II. Translated by Marie Goldmannová. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1994, 326 s. ISBN 8020404570. info
• CARDINI, Franco. František z Assisi. Translated by Vítězslav Pavlík. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 231 s. ISBN 8071132292. info
• Středověký člověk a jeho svět. Edited by Jacques Le Goff, Translated by Ondřej Bastl. Vyd. 2. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2003, 319 s. ISBN 8070216824. info
• PETRARCA, Francesco. Listy velkým i malým tohoto světa. Praha: Odeon, 1974. info

Teaching methods

lecture

Assessment methods

Written test.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• IJIA008 Italian History and Culture II

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Information about innovation of course.

This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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