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Course: History of English Speaking Countries

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Course title History of English Speaking Countries
Course code KAA/BDEAZ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Roebuck Olga, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Roman Britain (55 BC-440 AD). Anglo-Saxon Britain (440-1066). The Early Middle Ages. The Normans. The Plantagenets (1066-1290). The Later Middle Ages. The Plantagenets. The Wars of Roses. The Tudors (1290-1603). The Stuarts. The Revolution. The Restoration. The Glorious Revolution (1603-1688). The 18th Century. The Empire. The French Revolution. The Industrial Revolution. The 19th Century. Liberalism. Colonialism. India, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa. The 20th Century. World Wars and after. Scotland, Wales, Ireland. America from Columbus to the 18th Century. Plantation and Puritan Colonies. The American Revolution. Jeffersonian and Jacksonian America. The USA in the 19th Century. Slavery. Social Reform Movement. The Civil War and Reconstruction. American West. The Guilded Age. The USA in the 20th Century. World Wars and after.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Projection
  • Home preparation for classes - 26 hours per semester
  • Contact teaching - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an exam - 10 hours per semester
  • Independent critical reading - 26 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Students understand the historical development of Great Britain and the U.S.A. from ancient times to the present. Therefore, they can, on an elementary level, assess critically contemporary social and cultural phenomena in their historical context. KPUAJ competence 1.1.4.
Students can understand a full range of historical eras and connect individual historical events and processes to European and global history.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination

We require 70 % attendance at lectures. Course ends in a written examination.
Recommended literature
  • ASHTON, R. Reformation and Revolution. 1558-1660. London, 1984.
  • BLAINEY, G. Dějiny Austrálie. Praha, 1999.
  • BROCK, R. W. Conflict and Transformation. The United States, 1844-1877. New York, 1978.
  • DODD, A.H. A Short History of Wales. Ruthin, 1998.
  • HULEC, O. Dějiny Jižní Afriky. Praha, 1997.
  • CHURCHILL, W. A History of the English-Speaking Peoples 1-4. London 1956: 1958, 1956.
  • CHURCHILL, W. Dějiny anglicky mluvících národů 1-4. Praha 1996: 1999, 1996.
  • JOHNSON, P. anything by Paul Johnson.
  • KOVÁŘ, M. Stuartovská Anglie. Praha, 2001.
  • LYNCH, M. The Oxford Companion to Scottish History. Oxford, 2001.
  • MOODY, T.W.; MARTIN, F. X. Dějiny Irska. Praha, 1996.
  • MORGAN, K. Dějiny Británie. Praha, 1999.
  • MORGAN, K. (ed.). The Oxford History of Britain. Oxford, 1993.
  • POLIŠENSKÝ, J. Dějiny Velké Británie. Praha, 1983.
  • RAKOVÁ, S. Dobrodruzi, puritáni a Indiáni. Angličané v Novém světě. Praha, 1998.
  • RANELAGH, J.O.B. A Short History of Ireland. Cambridge, 1999.
  • REYNOLDS, D. Britannia Overruled. British Foreign and World Power in the 20th Century. London, 1991.
  • ROVNÁ, L.; JINDRA, M. Dějiny Kanady. Praha, 2000.
  • TINDALL, G.B.; SHI, D.E. Dějiny USA. Praha, 1994.
  • WEINSTEIN, A.; RUBEL, D. The Story of America. New York, 2002.


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University of Pardubice, date of update: 15.03.2026 23:50. Data created for academic year 2025/2026