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Lecturer(s)
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Jirsa Josef, prof. PhDr. CSc.
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Schuster Petr, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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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
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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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
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to characterise the most important events in European history in the first half of the 19th century |
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| to electronic information sources |
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| N/A |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| N/A |
| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture |
| Seminar |
| Textual studies |
| Self-study of literature |
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| Seminar |
| Textual studies |
| Competences |
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| Textual studies |
| Seminar |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Oral exam |
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| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Competences |
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| Oral exam |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
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Recommended literature
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Barbora Pásztorová. Metternich, the German Question and the Pursuit of Peace, 1840-1848. 2022. ISBN 9783110769005.
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Baumgart, Winfried. Europäisches Konzert und nationale Bewegung: Internationale Beziehungen 1830?1878. München, Wien, Zürich, 1999.
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Good, David F. The Economic Rise of the Hapsburg Empire 1750?1914. London, Berkeley, Los Angeles, 1984.
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HUGHES, Michael. Nationalism and Society. Germany 1800-1945. London, 1988.
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Chapman, Tim. The Congress of Vienna: Origins, Processes and Results. London - New York, 1998.
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Price, Munro. The Perilous Crown: France between Revolutions 1814?1848. London, 2007.
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RAPPORT, Michael. Nineteenth Century Europe. New York, 2005.
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RODKEY, Frederick Stanley. SuggestionsduringtheCrisisof 1840 for a ?League? to PreservePeace. In: TheAmericanHistoricalReview 35, 1930, 2, s. 308-316..
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Siemann, Wolfram. Metternich. München, 2009.
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SIEMANN, Wolfram. Metternich?sBritain (The 2011 Annual Lecture of the German Historical Institute London). London, 2012.
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Sked, Alan. Metternich and Austria : an Evaluation. Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. ISBN 978-1-4039-9115-7.
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Šedivý Miroslav. Metternich, the Great Powers and theEasternQuestion. Plzeň, 2013.
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WALKER, Mack (ed.). Metternich?sEurope. London, Melbourne, 1968.
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WILLIAMSON, George S. WhatKilled August von Kotzebue? TheTemptationsofVirtue and thePoliticalTheologyofGermanNationalism, 1789?1819. In: TheJournalofModernHistory 72, 2000, 4, s. 890?943..
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