Course: Historical Help Science

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Course title Historical Help Science
Course code UHV/PVHIS
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Prchal Vítězslav, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Accessory historical sciences in the broader and narrower sense. Palaeography. Diplomacy. Chronology. Sfragistics. Heraldry. Genealogy. Numismatics. Metrology. Epigraphy. Codicology. Accessory material sciences.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Methods of individual activities, Projection, Skills training
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to introduce students to the essentials of some of the historical sciences. An understanding of palaeography, chronology, historical metrology, diplomacy, numismatics, sfragistics, epigraphy, heraldry, genealogy, codicology, historical geography, and other accessory sciences will enable students to be critical to the authentic historical source.
Students will master the techniques of critical analysis of authentical historical sources. They will learn to read it and understand the chronological, metrological, numismatical and other datas.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination, Home assignment evaluation, Discussion

Credit is dependent on one short abstract and a test on the basic terms of PVH. For the assignment, everyone will read a text on a chosen source (from the point of view of PVH and its possibilities) and write about it in no more than three A4 pages, divided into two parts - PVH criticism of the source + the possibilities of its use. Students will bring to the examination a list of at least seven titles from the studied literature.
Recommended literature
  • Pomocné vědy historické a jejich místo mezi historickými obory. Praha 1996 (= AUC, Phil. et hist. 1/1996. Z pomocných věd historických 13).
  • viz http://khv.upce.cz/kubes/pvhi.htm.
  • FRIEDRICH, G. Rukověť křesťanské chronologie. Praha, 1997.
  • Hlaváček, Ivan - Kašpar, Jaroslav - Nový, Rostislav. Vademecum pomocných věd historických. Jinočany 1997.
  • Hlaváček, Ivan a kol. Základy pomocných věd historických. Praha 1978.
  • Kristen, Zdeněk. Pomocné vědy historické, in: Základy studia dějepisu. Praha 1994.
  • RAMEŠ, Václav. Slovník pro historiky a návštěvníky archivů.. Praha, 2005.
  • Von Brandt, Ahasver. Werkzeug des Historikers. Stuttgart 1998.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): History (2013) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): History (2013) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Cultural History (2013) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter