JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM
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Course: History of the Modern Era I

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Course title History of the Modern Era I
Course code KHI/K402A
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
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 unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Koumar Jiří, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Musilová Stanislava, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
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.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
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.
Prerequisites
Must be in connection with the History of the Modern Era II.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
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).
Recommended literature
  • Dějiny obyvatelstva českých zemí. Praha, 1996.
  • Dějiny Rakouska. Praha, 2002.
  • Napoleonské války a české země. Ed. I. Šedivý - P. Belina - J. Vilím - J. Vlk. Praha, 2001.
  • Přehled dějin Československa, I / 2 /1526 - 1848 /. Praha, 1982.
  • Bělina, P. - Kaše, J. - Kučera, J. P. České země v evropských dějinách III (1756-1918). Praha - Litomyšl, 2006.
  • Bělina, P. - Kaše, J. - Kučera, J. P. Velké dějiny zemí Koruny české, X 1740-1792. Praha, 2001.
  • Hledíková, Z. - Janák J. - Dobeš, J. Dějiny správy v českých zemích od počátku státu po současnost. Praha, 2007.
  • Hroch, M. Na prahu národní existence. Praha, 1999.
  • Jakubec, I. - Jindra, Z. Dějiny hospodářství českých zemí od počátku industrializace do konce habsburské monarchie. 2006.
  • Klíma, A. Manufakturní období v Cechách. Praha, 1955.
  • Klíma, A. Na prahu nové společnosti /1781-1848/. Praha, 1979.
  • Kořalka, J. Češi v habsburské říši a v Evropě 1815 - 1914. Praha, 1996.
  • Křen, J. Konfliktní společenství. Češi a Němci 1780 - 1918. Praha 1990. Praha, 1990.
  • Kvaček, R. a kol. Dějiny Československa /1648 - 1918/ II. Praha, 1990.
  • Lněničková, J. České země v době předbřeznové 1792 -1848. Praha, 1999.
  • Malý, K. a kol. Dějiny českého a česko - slovenského práva do roku l945. Praha, 1997.
  • Sked, A. Úpadek a pád habsburské říše 1815 - 1918. Praha, 1995.
  • Švankmajer, M. Čechy na sklonku napoleonských válek. Praha, 2004.


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): Archival Science and Record Management (A13) Category: History courses 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM, date of update: 01.11.2024 23:51. Data created for academic year 2024/2025