Course: Clothing in the period of Middle Ages

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Course title Clothing in the period of Middle Ages
Course code KHI/0649
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Agnerová Ivana, Mgr.
Course content
1) Introduction to the course 2) Research of history of clothing - bordering disciplines 3) Historical resources for the study of medieval clothing, ways and limits of their interpretation: Between everything and nothing 4) Medieval clothes, its basic shape and parts. To dress up Middle Ages 5) Clothing in Early Middle Ages: From Ancient period to Romanesque fashion 6) Clothing in High Middle Ages - Europe: French fashion dominates the world 7) Clothing in High Middle Ages - Luxemburg Bohemia: A Centre of fashion in Europe? 8)Clothes as a sign: Does the tailor make the man? 9)Preserved clothes from the period of Middle Ages: Textile treasure 10) Armour of a medieval warrior: Short excursion to history of militaria 11) Clothing in the 15 century: Burgundy fashion versus Hussite strictness 12) Clothing in the period of Reformation: Cranach, Luther 13) Final class - writing an essay

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
Facultative course " Clothing in the period of Middle Ages" introduces students to history of European clothing in the period of Middle Ages , specially focussing on the area of central Europe and the Lands of Bohemian Crown. The course also presents students with historical resources which might be used for the study of history of clothing, further with approaches, ways of interpretation and information value of particular types of resources for history of fashion and clothing. The course provides summary of current research on history of clothing which stands between history of material culture, history of daily life, cultural and historical anthropology, historical sociology, history of mentalitities and others.
Students will get knowledge about clothes as a special part of material culture which enables us assemble a picture about a way of life of human society in particular historical stages. Students will learn about approaches to material, written and visual historical resources which might be used for the study of history of clothing, with basic literature on the topic and especially with interdiciplinary approaches to history of clothing.
Prerequisites
Nobe

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Active participation at classes, production of a short paper, final essay
Recommended literature
  • BRAVERMANOVÁ, Milena - LUTOVSKÝ, Michal. Hroby, hrobky a pohřebiště českých knížat a králů. Praha, 2001.
  • GRAUS, František. Český obchod se suknem ve 14. a počátkem 15. století. Praha, 1950.
  • KYBALOVÁ, Ludmila. Dějiny odívání. Středověk. Praha, 2001.
  • KYBALOVÁ, Ludmila. Renesance. Dějiny odívání. PRAHA, 1996.
  • LE GOFF, Jacques - SCHMITT, Jean-Claude. Encyklopedie středověku. Praha, 2008.
  • LE GOFF, Jacques - TRUONG, Nicolas. Tělo ve středověké kultuře. Praha, 2006.
  • NACHTMANNOVÁ, Alena - KLAPETKOVÁ, Olga edd. Oděv v Čechách ve středověku a raném novověku. Praha, 2016. ISBN 978-80-86516-83-7.
  • SKARLANTOVÁ, Jana. Od fíkového listu k džínům. Praha, 1999.
  • THIEL, Erika. Geschichte des Kostüms. Berlin, 1963.
  • WAGNER, Eduard - MUDRA, Miroslav. Středověk. Doba předhusitská a husitská. Oděvy, zbroj, zbraně. Praha, 2006.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Cultural History (A14) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -