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Course: Metternich and His Time

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Course title Metternich and His Time
Course code KHV/1MET
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Lhotka Jiří, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) Introduction to the State of Research 2) The French Revolution, Napoleon Bonaparte and the Congress of Vienna 3) Prince Metternich 4) The Austrian Empire 5) The European State System 6) German Nationalism 7) France 8) Great Britain 9) Russia and the Apennines 10) The Industrial Revolution and Its Consequences 11) The Ottoman Empire and the Eastern Question 12) Western Bohemia during Metternich?s Period 13) The Revolutions of 1848

Learning activities and teaching methods
Discussion, Group discussion, Individual study, Self-study of literature, Textual studies, Lecture, Seminar, Field trip
  • Practical training (number of hours) - 13 hours per semester
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 31 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 50 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15) - 10 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to characterise the most important events in European history in the first half of the 19th century
Skills
to electronic information sources
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to describe the European state system at the time of Metternich
to characterize the personality of Prince Metternich and his role in the history of the Austrian Empire
Skills
to critically reflect the literature on the European state system in the Metternich era
to analyse the issue of German nationalism in the first half of the 19th century
to analyse the position of western Bohemia in the Metternich period
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Seminar
Textual studies
Self-study of literature
Skills
Seminar
Textual studies
Competences
Textual studies
Seminar
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral exam
Skills
Individual presentation at a seminar
Competences
Oral exam
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Barbora Pásztorová. Metternich, the German Question and the Pursuit of Peace, 1840-1848. 2022. ISBN 9783110769005.
  • Baumgart, Winfried. Europäisches Konzert und nationale Bewegung: Internationale Beziehungen 1830?1878. München, Wien, Zürich, 1999.
  • Good, David F. The Economic Rise of the Hapsburg Empire 1750?1914. London, Berkeley, Los Angeles, 1984.
  • HUGHES, Michael. Nationalism and Society. Germany 1800-1945. London, 1988.
  • Chapman, Tim. The Congress of Vienna: Origins, Processes and Results. New York: London, 1998.
  • Price, Munro. The Perilous Crown: France between Revolutions 1814?1848. London, 2007.
  • RAPPORT, Michael. Nineteenth Century Europe. New York, 2005.
  • RODKEY, Frederick Stanley. SuggestionsduringtheCrisisof 1840 for a ?League? to PreservePeace. In: TheAmericanHistoricalReview 35, 1930, 2, s. 308-316..
  • Siemann, Wolfram. Metternich. München, 2009.
  • SIEMANN, Wolfram. Metternich?sBritain (The 2011 Annual Lecture of the German Historical Institute London). London, 2012.
  • Sked, Alan. Metternich and Austria : an Evaluation. Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. ISBN 978-1-4039-9115-7.
  • Šedivý Miroslav. Metternich, the Great Powers and theEasternQuestion. Plzeň, 2013.
  • WALKER, Mack (ed.). Metternich?sEurope. London: Melbourne, 1968.
  • WILLIAMSON, George S. WhatKilled August von Kotzebue? TheTemptationsofVirtue and thePoliticalTheologyofGermanNationalism, 1789?1819. In: TheJournalofModernHistory 72, 2000, 4, s. 890?943..


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University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, date of update: 11.11.2026 23:51. Data created for academic year 2026/2027