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Lecturer(s)
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Jirsa Josef, prof. PhDr. CSc.
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Course content
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Organization of Europe in 1648. - The foreign policy of France during the reign of Louis XIV. - Basic determinant of European policy in the 2nd mid of the 17th century. - Development and nature position of the power of the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy at the turn of the 17th and 18 century. - Turkish Wars - course and results. - The rise and fall of Sweden as a Great Power. - The foreign policy of Russia under Peter I. - The problem of Spanish heritage, course and consequences of the War of Spanish Succession. - The rise of Great Britain as Great Power. - French politics under the Regency. - The War of Austrian Succession and the formation of the Austro-Prussian antagonism in the empire. - Seven Years' War - the first conflict of global dimension. - Main problems in the development in era 1763-1789/92. - Congress of Vienna 1814/1815. - Functioning of "Vienna System" in the years 1815-1848. - Great Powers and Revolutions of 1848-1849. - Crimean War. - Unification of Italy in the context of international relations. - Unification of Germany in the context of international relations. - League of the Three Emperors, East crisis, the emergence of Triple Alliance. - Turn in attention of Great Powers to areas outside Europe, the end of the so-called Bismarck's system. - Rivalry of Great Powers outside Europe in the 90s (Africa, Asia, Middle East). - Towards the First World War (I). The situation in the early 20th century. Britain is leaving "great isolation", Russo-Japanese War. - Towards the First World War (II). Last peripetia - the first Moroccan crisis, the Bosnian crisis, the second Moroccan crisis, the Balkan wars. - General causes and immediate circumstances of the outbreak of the First World War.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Lecture
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 30 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 22 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to have an overview of the most important events of history in the period 1648-1914 |
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| to read and understand an academical text in Czech and English |
| to use adequate professional terminology in Czech and English |
| to use electronic information resources |
| to understand a scientifically structured lecture |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to describe the most important events in the field of international relations in the years 1648-1914 |
| to characterise the basic periods of the development of international relations in the years 1648-1914 |
| to describe and to evaluate the causes, development and consequences of the most important conflicts in the years 1648-1914 |
| to explain the policy of Louis XIV. in the international context |
| to explain the great powers policy in the 19th century and to characterise their goals in the field of foreign policy |
| to describe the events leading to the WWI |
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| To analyse on the basic level the milestones of international relations in the years 1648-1914 |
| to reflect critically the scientific literature to the selected problems of the history of international relations in the years 1648-1914 |
| to analyse individually the causes, development and consequences of the most important events in the field of international relations in the years 1648-1914 |
| to interpret the causes of the great powers policy in the last years before the WWI |
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| Lecture |
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| Self-study of literature |
| Competences |
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| Self-study of literature |
| assessment methods |
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| Combined exam |
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| Combined exam |
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| Combined exam |
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Recommended literature
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Drška, Václav; Skřivan, Aleš; Stellner, František. Kapitoly z dějin evropské politiky do roku 1648. Praha : Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a politiku, 1995. ISBN 80-85241-87-0.
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Langer, W. L. The Diplomacy of Imperialism 1890-1902. New York, 1951.
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Ross, S. T. The European Diplomatic History 1789-1815.. Malabar, Flo., 1981.
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Sked, A. Europe´s Ballance of Power 1815-1848.
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Skřivan, Aleš; Drška, Václav,; Stellner, František. Kapitoly z dějin mezinárodních vztahů 1648-1914. Praha : Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a politiku, 1994. ISBN 80-85241-57-9.
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Skřivan, Aleš. Evropská politika 1648-1914. Praha : Aleš Skřivan ml., 1999. ISBN 80-902261-3-2.
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Šusta, J. Světová politika I-VI. Praha, 1924.
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