Course: Medieval Civilization

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Course title Medieval Civilization
Course code DVU/STKBL
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
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)
  • Bláha Josef, PhDr.
Course content
1. Terminology, research development 2. Categories of the time 3. Categories of the space 4. Intersection of time and space - calendar, celebrations, archaic and folclor traditions 5. Cult of the tree 6. Ages of Man 7. Reception of women, men and children in the middle ages 8. Family 9. Changing of mentalities and perception of the World, civilisation process 10. Demographical process

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
Learning outcomes
Sketch of the basic categories of the medieval culture in the context sight through the world of ideas of archaic societies. Relation of these ideas to early modern culture. Analyse of some concrete etnological sources (historical, ikonographical, archeological) of the medieval every day culture.
Basic orientation in the topic.
Prerequisites
The finished bachelor degree of the History of Art.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

Participation in the seminar
Recommended literature
  • Budil, I. T. (1998). Mýtus, jazyk a kulturní antropologie. Praha Triton.
  • Dülmen, R. van. Historická antropologie. Vývoj - problémy - úkoly. Praha, 2002..
  • Eliade, M. Pojednání o dějinách náboženství. Praha 2004..
  • Gennep, A. van. Přechodové rituály. Praha 1996..
  • Gurevič, A. J. Kategorie středověké kultury. Praha 1978..
  • Jacques Le Goff - Jean Claude Schmitt, eds. (2002). Encyklopedie středověku.. Praha.
  • Smetánka, Z. Legenda o Ostojovi. Praha 1992..


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