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Lecturer(s)
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Novotný František, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Christianitas? Christian, pre-Christian, and extra-Christian traditions in the medieval West. 2. Seminar I: The Béowulf. epic. 3. Time, space, miracles and "enchanted world". 4. Seminar II: Caesarius of Heisterbach, Dialogus Miraculorum. 5. Symbolism and estetics of the Christian cult. 6. Seminar III: Material culture and artifacts of the sacred space. 7. Popular Piety and unofficial ritual life. 8. Seminar IV: Burchard of Worms, Corrector sive medicus. 9. Different Christianities: Medieval Heterodoxy and alternative Christian mythologies. 10. Seminar V: The Cathar apocryphon Interrogatio Iohannis. 11. Death and afterlife; Heaven - Hell - Purgatory. 12. Seminar VI: Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy. 13. Evaluation; discussion about the essay topics.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
- Contact teaching
- 26 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 60 hours per semester
- Writing a seminar paper
- 65 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The course provides an introduction into selected chapters from the western medieval Christianity. Lectures are supplemented by seminars about selected textual and visual sources.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
KFR/BKRE2 and KFR/BKRE1
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Home assignment evaluation, Student performance assessment
Active participation in seminars; an essay on a selected topic (9000-18000 characters); participation in the final colloquium.
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Recommended literature
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Barber, M. The Cathars: Dualist Heretics in Languedoc in the High Middle Ages. London. 2013.
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Bartlett, R. The Natural and the Supernatural in the Middle Ages. Cambridge. 2008.
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Behringer, C., Merlin, P. et al. Cathedrals: Hundred Jewels of Medieval Europe. Munich. 1998.
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Fletcher, R. The Barbarian Conversion: From Paganism to Christianity. Berkeley. 1999.
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Geary, P.J. Medieval Popular Culture: Problems of Belief and Perception. Cambridge. 1990.
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Gurevich, J.A. Medieval Popular Culture: Problems of Belief and Perception. Cambridge. 1990.
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Lambert, M. Medieval Heresy: Popular Movements from the Gregorian Reform to the Reformation. Oxford. 2003.
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