Course: Regional History of West Bohemia

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Course title Regional History of West Bohemia
Course code KHV/RDHB
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Švamberg Josef, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Regional history and its methodology (historical homeland studies, historical regional studies, regional history, regionalism) 2. Western Bohemia as a historical space (possibilities and methods of delimitation of the region, important personalities of West Bohemian historiography, basic literature and periodicals) 3. Western Bohemia from the arrival of the Slavs until the end of the princely period (Slavic settlement, the issues of Domažlice, Stará Plzeň and the castle system in the region) 4. The phenomenon of the 13th century and colonization of West Bohemia (foundation and activity of monasteries, structure of feudal property, building of royal residences, aristocratic residences, Gothic art) 5. Medieval towns (urban network and its structure - royal and serf towns, towns and villages, level of their township - markets, fortifications, city law, self-government, urban estate, urban population) 6. Hussite movement in West Bohemia (manifestations of Hussite movement in the region before 1420, liquidation of monasteries, Lord's unity, Unity of Zelená Hora, Unity of Strakonice, reverberations of Hussite movement in the Czech-Bavarian conflicts) 7. Western Bohemia in the 16th century (confessional situation and influence of the Catholic Church, the rise of the noble estate and its external manifestations, the most influential West Bohemian noble families, the Renaissance in the region) 8. Thirty Years War in West Bohemia and re-Catholicization 9. Western Bohemia in the post-White Mountain period (peak of the development of the seignorial estate, the position of the peasants, the privileged Chods, the Králováks, the serf rebellions in 1680 and 1775, Baroque art) 10. Early modern towns (dispute of the towns with the nobility and its manifestations in the region, transformation and thickening of the urban network during the early modern period, structure of the urban population) 11. Pre-March West Bohemia and the Revolution of 1848 (administrative development of the region in 1751-1850, economic development) 12. Western Bohemia in the years 1850-1918 (administrative structure of the region, main directions of economic development in the second half of the 19th century, cultural life of the region) 13. Western Bohemia in the era of the First Republic

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Practical training (number of hours) - 13 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 13 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 42 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to describe on the basic level important problems of the Czech history from 16th to 20th century
Skills
to analyse on the basic level the problems of the Czech history from 16th to 20th century
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to characterise on advanced level the historical development od the West Bohemia from the 16 to the 20 century
to describe the historical processes in the West Bohemia from the 16 to the 20 century
to characterise memory institutions in West Bohemia (archives, museums libraries)
Skills
to analyse critically gained teoretical knowledge and to apply them for a demand of individual scientific work
to intepret the consequences of the Thirty Years War for West Bohemia
to intepret the consequences of the Fall of the Habsburg Monarchy for West Bohemia
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Skills
Seminar
Textual studies
Self-study of literature
Individual study
Competences
Seminar
Textual studies
assessment methods
Knowledge
Written exam
Skills
Individual presentation at a seminar
Competences
Written exam
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Bartoš, Josef; Schultz, Jindřich; Trapl, Miloš. Regionální dějiny : pojetí, poslání, metodika. 1. vyd. Olomouc : Univerzita Palackého, 2004. ISBN 80-244-0865-1.
  • Jílek, Tomáš; Bělohlávek, Miloslav. Příručka pro regionálně historickou práci v západních Čechách : Určeno stud. 1. - 5. roč. učitelství VVP. 2., přeprac. vyd. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita, 1993. ISBN 80-7043-087-7.
  • Kumpera, Jan. Dějiny západních Čech. I. díl, Od pravěku do poloviny 18. století. Plzeň : Ševčík, 2004. ISBN 80-7291-108-2.
  • VOREL, P. Základy historické regionalistiky.. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice,, 2005. ISBN 80-7194-717-2.


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