Course: Auxiliary Historical Sciences

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Course title Auxiliary Historical Sciences
Course code KAPV/PBH31
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
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. Introduction to the issue, literature 2. Paleography 3. Diplomatics 4. Diplomatics 5. Diplomatics 6. Historical chronology 7. Historical metrology 8. Epigraphy 9. Codicology 10. Sphragistics 11. Sphragistics 12. Heraldry 13. Heraldry 14. Genealogy

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
As part of the 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 to explain their close interrelationship and applicability in historiographic work. Nine disciplines that are traditionally perceived as part of this corpus in Czech historiography will be presented in stages (paleography, diplomatics, sphragistics, heraldry, codicology, epigraphy, genealogy, historical chronology, and metrology).
The student has a basic overview of auxiliary historical sciences, including basic methodological principles, recommended literature and the history of individual disciplines. The student understands this corpus as a whole and is able to explain the close interrelationship of individual disciplines and their applicability in historiographic work.
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Knowledge of the material explained throughout the course will be verified in the form of a written test.
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.


Study plans that include the course
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