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Lecturer(s)
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Barteček Ivo, prof. PhDr. CSc.
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Course content
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1. Economic and social conditions in Europe from 16. to 18 century, the position of the nobility, agriculture, manufactures, commerce, subjects, demographic trends; 2. Europeans discover the world: change the image of the world, America, the way the Portuguese, India - Mughal Empire, the Far East - China and Japan; 3. Humanism and the Renaissance; 4. The Reformation, the transformation of the Christian world, the German countries and Switzerland, the Netherlands, England; 5. The Balkans, the Ottoman Empire and the Muslim world; 6. Building absolutist Empire: Habsburgs, France, Northern Europe, Russia, the Thirty Years War; 7. Culture of Baroque, Rococo and Classicism; 8. Rationalism and the Enlightenment. Revolution in England and the USA; 9. French Revolution.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the main features of modern history. The lectures of the course are devoted not only to European history, but attention is also focused on the key events and phenomena of world history in the period, especially in the context of European colonial expansion. Lectures are focused on the political, economic, social, demographic and cultural changes in Europe and the world in the early modern period.
After successful completion of the course the student will be able to: demonstrate knowledge of key phenomena in the history of the early modern period; commenting connection between political, economic, social, demographic and cultural phenomena in the history of the early modern period; define the relation between early modern by historical events in Europe and selected non-European areas; present a scholarly text on certain issues early modern history.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam
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Recommended literature
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DÜLMEN, Richard van:. Kultura a každodenní život v raném novověku16. - 18. století. 1 - 3. Praha: Argo, 1999 - 2007..
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MACKENNEY, Richard:. Evropa šestnáctého století. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2001..
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MUNCK, Thomas:. Evropa sedmnáctého století. Praha, Vyšehrad, 2002..
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POLIŠENSKÝ, J., BARTEČEK, I. Dějiny Iberského poloostrova. Do přelomu 19. a 20. století. Olomouc, 2002..
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SKŘIVAN, Aleš:. Evropská politika 1648 - 1914. Praha 1999..
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SKŘIVAN, Aleš, STELLNER, František a kol.:. Kapitoly z dějin mezinárodních vztahů 1648 - 1914. Praha: ISKP, 1994..
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