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Lecturer(s)
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Havel René, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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The main topics: - development of the rural settlement structure - Medieval transformation of the settlement structure - Early Medieval settlements - research of the deserted Late Medieval villages - archaeology of living villages of a Medieval origin - villages including standing Medieval houses - houses and village structure - house structure - seats of nobility - scaral obejcts and burial sites within the village - water supply and management - production and consumption in the rural environment - evidence of agricultural activities - rear of the rural settlements - field systems and problems of using other sources (hunt, fishing, outland use) First part of the course will focuse on South-west, Western and Northern Europe, above all the most significant sites will be presented: Italia (Brucato; San Vinzenzo al Volturno; Zignago), Spain, Portugal and Andorra (Miravet, Mollet, Uxó), France (Brébieres, Dracy, Rougiers, Trainecourt), Great Britan and Ireland (Buckquoy, Jarlshof, West Stow, West Whelpington, Wharram Percy), Denmark (Store Valby, Taarnby, Vorbasse), Sweden (Filborna, Sanda, Skramle), Norway (Forsand, Borg, Ytre Moa) a Iceland (Granasta-ir, Herjólfsdalur, Krisuvík).
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture with visual aids, Seminar
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 60 hours per semester
- Individual project (40)
- 40 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| No particular prerequisites specified. |
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| Students will be able to conclude and summarize approaches to the rural settlement in terms of particular paradigms, they will understand general relation of the rural settlement and overall Medieval settlement. |
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| Lecture with visual aids |
| Seminar |
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| Oral exam |
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Recommended literature
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Andersson, S. - Svensson, E. (ed.). Skramle - the True Story of a Deserted Medieval Farmstead. Lund.
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Bazzana, A. - Guichard, O. - Poisson, J. M. (ed.). Castrum 1. Habitats fortifiés et organisation de l'espace en Méditerranée médiévale. Travaux de la Maison de l'Orient 4. Lyon, 1986.
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Bazzana, A. Asentamientos medievales en las sierras del Bajo Maestrazgo: Monte Marinet e Monte Mollet (Castellón de la Plana). 1986.
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Beresford, G. Hurst, J. G. (ed.). Deserted Medieval Villages in England. London, 1971.
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Beresford, M. W. - Hurst, J. G. Wharram Percy: Deserted Medieval Village. London, 1990.
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Démians d'Archimbaud, G. Rougiers, village médiéval déserté. Paris, 1987.
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Demolon, P. Le village mérovingien de Brébieres (VIe VIIe siecles. Aras, 1972.
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Hamilton, J. R. C. Excavations at Jarlshof, Shetland. London, 1956.
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Hinz, H. Ländlicher Hausbau in Skandinavien vom 6. bis 14. Jahrhundert. Stova Eldhus Bur. Köln, 1989.
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Hodges, R. Light in the Dark Ages. The Rise and Fall of San Vincenzo al Volturno. London, 1997.
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Hvass, S. Vorbasse Eine Dorfsiedlung während des 1. Jahrhunderts n. Chr. im Mitteljutland,. Danemark, 1987.
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Chapelot, J. - Fossier, R. Le village et la maison au Moyen Âge. Paris, 1980.
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Kristiansen, M. S. Tarnby - a farm of the period 1100 - 1800. 1998.
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Pesez, J. M. (ed.). Brucato. Histoire et archéologie d'un habitat médiéval en Sicile. Rome, 1985.
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Steensberg, A. Valby and Borup: Two case studies in the history of danish settlement. London, 1976.
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West, S. West Stow. The Anglo Saxon Village. 1985.
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