Course: Auxiliary science of History I

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Course title Auxiliary science of History I
Course code KAPV/PBA44
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
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. Introduction, literature 2. Paleography 3. Diplomatics 4. Diplomatics 5. Diplomatics 6. Historical chronology 7. Historical metrology 8. Epigrapyh 9. Codicology 10. Sphragitics 11. Sphragistics 12. Heraldry 13. Heraldry 14. Genealogy

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
In this course, students will be introduced to a basic overview of the auxiliary sciences of history, including basic methodological background, recommended readings, and the history of each discipline. The aim is to introduce them to this corpus as a whole and to explain their close interdependence and applicability to historiographical work. Nine disciplines that are traditionally perceived in Czech historiography as part of this corpus (paleography, diplomacy, sphragistics, heraldry, codicology, epigraphy, genealogy, historical chronology and metrology) will be presented in turn.
The student knows the basic overview of the auxiliary sciences of history, including the basic methodological background, recommended literature and history of individual disciplines. The student understands the corpus as a whole and can explain the cloe interrelationship of the disciplines and their applicability to historiographical work.
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
The knowledge of the material and the practical skills acquired throughout the course will be tested in the form of a written test.
Recommended literature
  • Ivan Hlaváček - Jaroslav Kašpar - Rostislav Nový. Vademecum pomocných věd historických. Praha, 2015.
  • Ivan Hlaváček. Úvod do latinské kodikologie. Praha, 1994.
  • Jarmila Krejčíková - Tomáš Krejčík. Základy heraldiky, genealogie a sfragistiky. Praha, 1987.
  • Jindřich Šebánek, Zdeněk Fiala, Zdeňka Hledíková a kol. Česká diplomatika do roku 1848. Praha, 1984.
  • Karel Maráz. Sfragistika: studijní text pro posluchače archivnictví a pomocných věd historických. Brno, 2014.


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