Course: Auxiliary Historical Sciences

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Course title Auxiliary Historical Sciences
Course code KAPV/KBH31
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Velička Tomáš, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Auxiliary historical sciences and their significance, literature 2. Diplomatics, paleography, codicology 3. Epigraphy, historical metrology, and chronology 4. Sphragistics, heraldry, genealogy

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
As part of this course, students will be introduced to a basic overview of auxiliary historical sciences, including basic methodological principles, recommended literature, and the history of individual disciplines. The aim is to present this corpus as a whole and explain its close interconnection and applicability in historiographical work. Nine disciplines traditionally regarded as part of this corpus in Czech historiography will be presented in succession (paleography, diplomatics, sphragistics, heraldry, codicology, epigraphy, genealogy, historical chronology, and metrology).
Students will master a basic overview of auxiliary historical sciences, including basic methodological principles, recommended literature, and the history of individual disciplines. Students will understand this corpus as a whole and will be able to explain the close interconnection between individual disciplines and their applicability in historiographical work.
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Knowledge of the material covered throughout the course will be tested in a written exam.
Recommended literature
  • Gustav Hoffman. Metrologická příručka pro Čechy, Moravu a Slezsko do zavedení metrické soustavy. Plzeň-Sušice, 1984.
  • Ivan Hlaváček - Jaroslav Kašpar - Rostislav Nový. Vademecum pomocných věd historických. Praha, 2007.
  • Ivan Hlaváček. Úvod do latinské kodikologie. Praha, 1993.
  • Jarmila Krejčíková - Tomáš Krejčík. Základy heraldiky, genealogie a sfragistiky. Praha, 1987.
  • Ludmila Sulitková. Pomocné vědy historické. Ústí nad Labem, 2013.


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