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Course: Devil and Demonology in the Middle Ages

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Course title Devil and Demonology in the Middle Ages
Course code KFR/BDD
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Novotný František, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
  • Home preparation for classes - 50 hours per semester
  • Contact teaching - 26 hours per semester
  • Writing a seminar paper - 35 hours per semester
  • Preparation for a credit (assessment) - 10 hours per semester
  • Independent critical reading - 20 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Home assignment evaluation, Discussion

Recommended literature
  • Auffarth, Christoph - Stuckenbruck, Loren (eds.). The Fall of Angels. Leiden: Boston, 2004.
  • Boureau, Alain. Satan the Heretic: The Birth of Demonology in the Medieval West. London: Chicago, 2006.
  • Cohn, Norman. Europe's Inner Demons: The Demonization of Christians in Medieval Christendom. Chicago, 2000.
  • Elliott, Dyan. Fallen Bodies: Pollution, Sexuality, and Demonology in the Middle Ages. Philadelphia, 1999.
  • Kieckhefer, Richard. Forbidden Rites: A Necromancer's Manual of the Fifteenth Century. Cambridge, 2000.
  • Klaniczay, Gábor - Pócs, Eva (eds.). Demons, Spirits, Witches 3: Christian Demonology and Popular Mythology. Budapest, 2008.
  • Russell, Jeffrey Burton. Lucifer: The Devil in the Middle Ages. Ithaca, 1986.


Study plans that include the course
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University of Pardubice, date of update: 16.03.2026 23:51. Data created for academic year 2025/2026