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Lecturer(s)
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Pacák Štěpán, prof. PhDr. CSc., DSc.
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Course content
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1. Introduction to the history and archaeology of early medieval Europe. 2. The formation and expansion of early Slavs. 3. The archaeology of eastern Europe - cultures of late Antiquity and early Middle Ages (Russia, Ukraina). 4. Central and southeast Europe (eastern Germany, Poland, Slovakia; the Balkan - Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia).
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture with visual aids
- Individual project (40)
- 40 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 78 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 60 hours per semester
- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 50 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15)
- 15 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 17 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| To characterize individual periods of prehistory and the Middle Ages |
| To summarize the importance of archaeology and history for understanding the past |
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| To understand a scientific text in Czech/English |
| To use adequate terminology in Czech |
| To understand a scientifically-structured lecture |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| To describe and to analyse early medieval topics which have been crucially influenced by archaeological sources |
| To summarize the current state of archaeological research of Early Medieval Europe, and to compare its state to that of prehistory and the subsequent High Medieval and Modern periods |
| To describe the development of pre-Romanesque and Romanesque art, especially artistic craft (its artefacts) and architecture |
| To summarize basic opinions on the Slavic ethnogenesis and expanse |
| To outline the development of material culture in the monitored period |
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| To evaluate the importance of archaeological sites critically in the context of other sources of historical knowledge of the monitored period |
| To solve the issues of ethnical (tribal) origins of their bearers through archaeological sources |
| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture with visual aids |
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| Individual study |
| Students' portfolio |
| Practicum |
| Competences |
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| Lecture with visual aids |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Combined exam |
| Test |
| Skills |
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| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Seminar work |
| Project |
| Competences |
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| Combined exam |
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Recommended literature
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Barford, P. M. The early Slavs : culture and society in early medieval eastern Europe. London : The British Museum Press, 2001. ISBN 0-7141-2804-X.
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Bartlett, R. The Making of Europe. Conquest, Colonization and Cultural Change. London, 1993.
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Curta, F. Utváření Slovanů (se zvláštním zřetelem k Čechám a Moravě. Archeologické rozhledy 60/2008. Praha, 2008.
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Gojda, M. The Ancient Slavs. Settlement and Society.. Edinburgh, 1991.
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Kolektiv. Europas Mitte um 1000 - Střed Evropy okolo roku 1000. Berlin - Warszawa - Praha - Budapest.
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Ruttkay, A. - Ruttkaj, M. - Šalkovský, P. Slovensko vo včasom středoveku. Nitra, 2002.
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Urbańczyk, Przemysław. Origins of central Europe. Warsaw : Scientific society of polish archaeologists, Institute of archaeology and ethnology, Polish, 1997. ISBN 83-85463-56-9.
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