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Lecturer(s)
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Čapský Martin, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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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.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Demonstration
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- 24 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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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.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination
This course ends with an oral examination. The precondition for admission to the examination is to bring the list of literature addressed.
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Recommended literature
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KAVKA, F. Karel IV. Praha, 1998.
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MEZNÍK, J. Lucemburská Morava. Praha, 1999.
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MEZNÍK, J. Přehled dějin středověké západní Evropy I. Brno, 1995.
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Nodl, Martin - Šmahel, František. Slavnosti, ceremonie a rituály pozdního středověku. Praha.
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PETRÁŃ, J. a kol. Dějiny Československa I (do roku 1648). Praha, 1990.
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SMETÁNKA, Z. Legenda o Ostojovi. Praha, 1992.
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ŠUSTA, J. Dvě knihy českých dějin I - Poslední Přemyslovci a jejich dědictví. Praha, 2001.
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TŘEŠTÍK, D. Kosmas. Praha, 1966.
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TUREK, R. Čechy na úsvitě dějin. Praha, 2002.
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ŽEMLIČKA, J. Století posledních Přemyslovců. Praha, 1998.
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