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Course: History of Everyday Life I

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Course title History of Everyday Life I
Course code UHV/BKAZ1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Čapský Martin, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Ptáčková Kateřina, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The issue of everyday life, the issue of everyday history, the origin of the field and domain. The sources of everyday history in the Middle Ages. Periods and a chronological outline of the Middle Ages. Geographical area of the history of the European Middle Ages, especially Central Europe. Connections with Primeval Age settlement and connections with the antique Mediterranean world; connections with the decline of the Roman Empire. The structure of Medieval society, both vertically and chronologically. Constructions that were in everyday contact with Medieval people, i.e. apartments, fortified constructions of all kinds, city house-building. Changing technical and artistic standards of constructions. The nature that surrounded people. Methods used for walking or riding. Means of transport. Insight into the world of the soul: Myth and historical myth. Paganism and Christianity. Churches and monasteries. Education. The decline of the Medieval world, with its so-called "crisis"; its evidence. Family, the rural community, the municipal community, the aristocratic community. The monarch and the ritual of feudal power.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Demonstration, Skills training
  • Participation in classes - 24 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an exam - 50 hours per semester
  • Data/material collection - 10 hours per semester
  • Independent critical reading - 40 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is get a complex view of the medieval society, to clarify the world of thought, language, and values, but also the material culture of medieval society.
Students will acquire knowledge of the everyday lives of medieval people and this will help them complete their knowledge gained in the History of the Middle Ages lectures and seminars.
Prerequisites
No special requirements are necessary.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

This course ends with an oral examination. The precondition for admission to the examination is to bring the list of literature addressed.
Recommended literature
  • Antonín, Robert. Ideální panovník českého středověku : kulturně-historická skica z dějin středověkého myšlení. Praha: NLN Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7422-239-9.
  • Antonín, Robert. Panovnické vjezdy na středověké Moravě. Brno: Matice moravská, 2009. ISBN 978-80-86488-53-0.
  • Čornej, Petr. Světla a stíny husitství . Praha: Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2020. ISBN 978-80-246-4613-8.
  • DRAGOUN, Michal et al. Knižní kultura českého středověku.. Dolní Břežany, 2020. ISBN 978-80-7649-012-3.
  • Heers, Jacques. Svátky bláznů a karnevaly. Praha: Argo, 2006. ISBN 80-7203-777-3.
  • HOFFMANN, František. České město ve středověku,. Praha, 1992.
  • LADURIE LE ROY , E. Montaillou, okcitánská vesnice v letech 1294-1324. Praha, 2005.
  • Le Goff, Jacques, . Středověký člověk a jeho svět. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2003. ISBN 80-7021-682-4.
  • MAUSS, M. Esej o daru, podobě a důvodech směny v archaických společnostech. Praha, 1999.
  • Nodl, Martin . Člověk českého středověku. Praha: Argo, 2002. ISBN 80-7203-448-0.
  • Nodl, Martin - Sommer, Petr (eds.). Jeden den ve středověku. Praha. 2014.
  • Nodl, Martin . Šlechta, moc a reprezentace ve středověku. Praha: Filosofia, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7007-263-9.
  • Nodl, Martin - Šmahel, František. Slavnosti, ceremonie a rituály pozdního středověku. Praha.
  • Nodl, Martin. Šlechta, moc a reprezentace ve středověku. Praha. 2007.
  • PETRÁŃ, J. a kol. Dějiny Československa I (do roku 1648). Praha, 1990.
  • PETRÁŇ, J. Dějiny hmotné kultury I - II. Praha, 1985.
  • PETRÁŇOVI, Josef a Lydia. Rolník v evropské tradiční kultuře.. Praha, 2000.
  • Ptáčková, Kateřina. Studijní materiály k přednášce KAZ1. Pardubice. 2016.
  • SMETÁNKA, Z. Legenda o Ostojovi. Praha, 1992.
  • Šimůnek, Robert. Reprezentace české středověké šlechty. Praha: Argo, 2013. ISBN 978-80-257-1004-3.
  • ŠMAHEL, F. Mezi středověkem a renesancí.. Praha: Argo, 2002.
  • TŘEŠTÍK, D. Kosmas. Praha, 1966.


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