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Lecturer(s)
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Pernes Jiří, doc. PhDr. Dr.
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Course content
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1. What Austrian archdukes could afford in their lives, and what they could not. 2. Josef Mánes painting the portrait of Franz Joseph I 3. Bedřich Smetana composing the Triumphal Symphony 4. Franz Joseph I and the National Theatre in Prague 5. The Fundamental Articles 6. Prague constructing the Rudolfinum 7. The Punctation Plan 8. Provincial anniversary exhibition in 1891 9. Franz Joseph I and the Museum of the Czech Kingdom in Prague 10. Franz Joseph I and the Czech Academy of Science and Art 11. Franz Joseph I and Czech-German dispute 12. The Habsburgs and Northern Bohemia 13. The beginnings of the internal rift of Czech society with the Habsburgs 14. Unsuccessful efforts for modernisation of the Danubian monarchy 15. The Czechs' struggle against the Habsburgs in the 20th century - causes and manifestations
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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A continuation of the lecture on the relationships of 19th and 20th centuries Czech society to the Habsburg-Lothringen Dynasty and some of its members. The aim is to upset hitherto ahistorical stereotypes showing that the Czech nation had always been only suffering under the rule of the Habsburgs. It aims to explain that both sides of that relationship had mutual impact on each other, influencing their behaviour and decisions. In the second half of the 19th century, Czech society ruled by members of the Habsburg-Lothringen Dynasty underwent dramatic developments, the consequences of which placed it among modern European nations. The lecture further aims to clarify the motivations of selected decisions made by Emperors Franz Joseph I and Charles V, showing at the same time the changing relationship of the Czech nation to the ruling dynasty - from unconditional loyalty to open animosity.
Supplementing knowledge on the development of Czech society in the second half of the 19th century and in the early 20th century, acquiring new views to the formation of Czech-German and Czech- Austrian relationships.
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Prerequisites
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none
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Orientation in 19th century Czech history. Basic knowledge of German language. Interest in the subject matter.
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Recommended literature
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