Course: Society of the Czech Lands in the 17th and 18th Centuries

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Course title Society of the Czech Lands in the 17th and 18th Centuries
Course code UHV/MSCZ2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 7
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)
  • Nekvapil Jirásková Šárka, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Kubeš Jiří, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Prchal Vítězslav, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
The Hierarchy of Early Modern Society in the Czech Lands: between Ideal and Reality, JK + VP The World of Rulers I: Habsburg and Habsburg-Lorraine rulers and their families in the 17th and 18th centuries, JK The World of the Nobility I: The Hierarchy of the Nobility in the 17th and 18th Centuries, VP The World of Sovereigns II: Court Society in Vienna in the 17th and 18th Centuries and its Transformation, JK The World of the Nobility II: the stratification of the nobility and the phenomenon of the federal nobility, VP The World of the Bourgeoisie I: the classification of towns and the urban population, JK The world of the bourgeoisie II: municipal government and business and their transformations in the 17th and 18th centuries, JK The World of the Church I: Archbishops, Bishops and Prelates in the 17th and 18th Centuries, VP The World of the Church II: Religious clergy, parish networks and their transformations in the 17th and 18th centuries, VP The World of the Country People I: the hierarchy of the settled country people, ŠNJ The World of the Country People II: the Unsettled and the Marginalised, ŠNJ

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
  • Contact teaching - 30 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an exam - 60 hours per semester
  • Independent critical reading - 60 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to present the gradual transformation of the hierarchically organized modern society in the 17th and 18th centuries. Using the approaches of historical anthropology, the modern society will be treated as a coexistence of several cultures and life-worlds, namely the world of the secular elites (the monarch and the nobility), the world of the religious elites (archbishops, bishops and monastery superiors), the world of the bourgeoisie (merchants and craftsmen) and the world of the peasantry (folk culture). In particular, we will show the changes that took place in the second half of the 18th century, when the state's control over society was significantly strengthened and the role of court society weakened.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Work-related product analysis

The course will end with an oral examination. In the exam, the student must bring a list of at least 10 titles of literature studied (at least one of which must be in a foreign language) and draw one of ten questions corresponding to the topics covered in the semester.
Recommended literature
  • BŮŽEK, Václav a kol. Společnost českých zemí v raném novověku. Struktury, identity, konflikty. Praha, 2010.
  • BŮŽEK, Václav a kol. Věk urozených. Šlechta v českých zemích na prahu novověku. Litomyšl: Praha a, 2002.
  • BŮŽEK, Václav a KRÁL, Pavel (eds.). Člověk českého raného novověku. Praha, 2007.
  • CERMAN, Ivo. Šlechtická kultura v 18. století. Filozofové, mystici, politici. Praha, 2011.
  • GRULICH, Josef. Populační vývoj a životní cyklus venkovského obyvatelstva na jihu Čech v 16. ? 18. století. České Budějovice, 2008.
  • kol. Dějiny obyvatelstva českých zemí. Praha, 1996.
  • KUBEŠ, Jiří a PRCHAL, Vítězslav. Dějiny každodennosti II, 1. díl (skripta), Univerzita Pardubice 2007-2015 (ke stažení ve stagu).
  • MAŤA, Petr. Svět české aristokracie (1500?1700). Praha, 2004.
  • MAUR, Eduard a HORSKÁ, Pavla a MUSIL, Jiří. Zrod velkoměsta: urbanizace českých zemí a Evropa. Praha, 2002.
  • MIKULEC, Jiří a kol. Církev a společnost raného novověku v Čechách a na Moravě. Praha, 2013.
  • ŠEDIVÁ KOLDINSKÁ, Marie - CERMAN, Ivo a kol. Základní problémy studia raného novověku. Praha, 2013.
  • VOCELKA, Karl. Glanz und Untergang der höfischen Welt. Repräsentation, Reform und Reaktion im habsburgischen Vielvölkerstaat. Wien, 2001.
  • WINKELBAUER, Thomas. Ständefreiheit und Fürstenmacht. Länder und Untertanen des Hauses Habsburg im konfessionellen Zeitalter. Wien, 2003.


Study plans that include the course
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