Content of lectures Czech history lectures 1. Economic and social conditions after the Thirty Years' War 2. The problem of serfdom. Analysis of corvée documents. 3. The religious situation from the end of the Thirty Years' War to the middle of the 18th century in the Czech lands compared with the other lands of the Habsburg monarchy. 4. Participation of the Habsburg monarchy in international conflicts and its reflection in the internal problems of the second half of the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th century. 5. The struggle over the Spanish inheritance and its implications for the Habsburg monarchy. 6. The political development of Hungary after the Treaty of Szatmár in 1711. 7. Proto-industrialization in the Habsburg monarchy and the idiosyncrasies of manufacturing production in our lands in comparison with eastern and western Europe. 8. The Czech lands in the age of enlightened absolutism / 1740-1792/. Struggle over Habsburg Josephinism. 9. The essence and the results of the Theresian and Josephine reforms. 10. Our land in the age of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. 11-12. The relationship between the industrialization process and national revival. 13. Political conditions in the pre-March age. 14. An evaluation of the basic tendencies of development in 1648-1848. Seminar Content Seminars in Czech History can be directed toward problems of proto-industrialization and industrialization in our lands, toward peasants' uprisings in the 17th and 18th centuries, toward religious questions, and toward the problems and significant personalities of the national revival. Lectures ? 1. Introduction - Europe in 1600 - the groundwork for later centuries 2. Economics in the 17th and 18th centuries - categories, context 3. The Netherlands and England - 17th and 18th centuries 4. The problem of absolutism - the cases of France, Brandenburg-Prussia, ? 5. America - common and unique developments to the end of the 18th century 6. The specific position of central Europe - general characteristics, development in Saxony, the Habsburg monarchy, ? 7. The shortcomings of state power - the example of Poland 8. America and France - revolution at the end of the 18th century 9. Great empires on the borders of Europe - Russia, Ottoman Empire 11. Far East - special features 12. Forms and goals of colonial politics in the 17th-18th centuries 13. Every day life in the 17th and 18th centuries
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History of the Modern Era I includes the period from the end of the Thirty Years' War to the revolutionary events of 1848. The content of the course is divided between general modern history and Czech modern history: There are always two hours of lectures and one hour of seminar devoted to each part. Czech history of the modern era is understood in the broader context of the Habsburg monarchy and its foreign politics during the period. History of the Modern Era I includes the period from the end of the Thirty Years' War to the Congress of Vienna. The course aims to draw attention to the most important issues and problems in the general history of the 17th and 18th centuries and also to suggest some possible explanations which are in harmony with the results of historical research. In this period, the foundations of the modern age were created, and this is reflected in the extension and strengthening of modern forms of state power (so-called absolutism) with functioning bureaucracies and sophisticated financial systems, in the growth of capitalism, in the organization of production, in banking and economic theory (mercantilism), and in philosophy, etc. This development was accompanied by a number of social upheavals, of which the French Revolution (1789-1799) especially influenced European events.
Graduates gain the basic foundation for understanding the historical process during this period and for functioning in their profession.
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This course is completed with a credit, which certifies the successful fulfillment of assignments in both parts: General and Czech history. Requirements for credit from Czech History: Active participation, the completion and submission of a report and the study of a minimum of five recommended historical books besides the textbook (of these, one book should be about the problem of peasants' uprisings in the 17th and 18th centuries and one should be about the national revival). Credit requirements: The credit certifies the successful fulfillment of assignments in both parts: General and Czech history. Requirements for credit from Czech History: Active participation, the completion and submission of a report and the study of a minimum of five recommended historical books. Requirements for the examination: The examination presupposes that credits from both parts of the course have been obtained. Like the credit, the exam will also be comprised of two parts. The examiner will assign a mark for each. The mark for the whole course, which will be entered in STAG and in the index, will be the accumulated result. Part of the exam in General History is oral and is comprised of two rounds. In the first, the student must demonstrate knowledge of the period 1648-1800. In the second round, the student answers about the period1848-1918.
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Dějiny obyvatelstva českých zemí. Praha, 1996.
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Dějiny Rakouska. Praha, 2002.
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Napoleonské války a české země. Ed. I. Šedivý - P. Belina - J. Vilím - J. Vlk. Praha, 2001.
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Přehled dějin Československa, I / 2 /1526 - 1848 /. Praha, 1982.
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Bělina, P. - Kaše, J. - Kučera, J. P. České země v evropských dějinách III (1756-1918). Praha - Litomyšl, 2006.
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Bělina, P. - Kaše, J. - Kučera, J. P. Velké dějiny zemí Koruny české, X 1740-1792. Praha, 2001.
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Braudel F. Dynamika kapitalismu. Praha, 1999.
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Furet F. Promýšlet francouzskou revoluci. Brno, 1994.
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Hledíková, Z. - Janák J. - Dobeš, J. Dějiny správy v českých zemích od počátku státu po současnost. Praha, 2007.
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Hroch, M. Na prahu národní existence. Praha, 1999.
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im Hof U. Evropa a osvícenství. Praha, 2000.
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Jakubec, I. - Jindra, Z. Dějiny hospodářství českých zemí od počátku industrializace do konce habsburské monarchie. 2006.
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Klíma, A. Manufakturní období v Cechách. Praha, 1955.
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Klíma, A. Na prahu nové společnosti /1781-1848/. Praha, 1979.
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Kořalka, J. Češi v habsburské říši a v Evropě 1815 - 1914. Praha, 1996.
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Křen J. Dvě století střední Evropy. Praha, 2005.
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Křen, J. Konfliktní společenství. Češi a Němci 1780 - 1918. Praha 1990. Praha, 1990.
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Kvaček, R. a kol. Dějiny Československa /1648 - 1918/ II. Praha, 1990.
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Magenschab, H. Josef II. Cesta Rakouska do moderní doby. Praha, 2008.
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Malý, K. a kol. Dějiny českého a česko - slovenského práva do roku l945. Praha, 1997.
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Richter, K. Třeba i železem a krví. Prusko-rakouské války 1740-1866. Praha, 2007.
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Sked, A. Úpadek a pád habsburské říše 1815 - 1918. Praha, 1995.
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Skřivan A. Evropská politika 1648-1914. Praha, 1999.
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Švankmajer, M. Čechy na sklonku napoleonských válek. Praha, 2004.
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