Course: General History of Early Modern Period

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Course title General History of Early Modern Period
Course code KHI/KBH74
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
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)
  • Stellner František, prof. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Drška Václav, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
The teaching of the course in the combined form includes the following topics in individual teaching blocks: 1. Social and political development - overview of issues 2. Religious issues 3. 2. Military conflicts - political, social and economic issues 4. Formation of the modern state - political, administrative, economic 5. The development of capitalism, new forms of economy, the beginnings of globalization, colonial politics and economic theories

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The subject of the discipline is a more detailed discussion of the problems of modern history, in which emphasis is placed on the comparative analysis of various aspects of historical development in time and space, while necessarily defining the interrelationships and (causal) dependencies of the phenomena and events under study. During the course, the student will be introduced to eky moments in European and world history from the onset of the Reformation to the outbreak of the Great French Revolution, the development of culture and thought, and the basic interpretive procedures of modern historigraphy.
The student will gain the ability to understand sources from the period and will be able to answer questions opened by their presentation in the seminars. In the course of the lectures, the student will noc only learn to navigate the period, but will also be introduced to the contemporary overlap of some issues that may lead up to today?s events, such as the role of the state, the issue of the colonies, etc.
Prerequisites
General History of Middle Ages

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
The award of credit will be conditional on active participation in lectures and participation in discussions. The student will bring to the oral examination a list of literature studied, including at least 6 texts from the recommended reading list. The student will be asked one question on the exam based on the literature studied, the other will be drawn. Both questions must be answered satisfactorily in order to pass the exam.
Recommended literature
  • Black, J. Evropa 18. století. Praha, 2003.
  • Blanning, T. C. W. The Culture of Power and the Power of Culture: Old Regime Europe 1660-1789. Oxford, 2003.
  • Braudel, F. Sozialgeschichte des 15.-18. Jahrhunderts: Der Alltag/Der Handel/Aufbruch zur Weltwirtschaft. München, 1999.
  • CRONIN, Vincent. Ludvík XIV. Král Slunce. Velký panovník z rodu Bourbonů. Praha. 1999.
  • Dülmen, R. van. Kultura a každodenní život v raném novověku, I - III. Praha, 1999.
  • FERGUSON, Niall. Britské impérium. Cesta k modernímu světu. Praha. 2007.
  • Ferro, M.. Dějiny kolonizací. 2007.
  • FURET, F. Francouzská revoluce, I, Od Turgota k Napoleonovi 1770-1814. Praha, 2004. ISBN 80-7203-452-9.
  • Hrbek, J. Evropa a absolutismus v 17. a 18. století (1648?1789). Praha, 2012.
  • Jan Křen. Dvě století střední Evropy. Praha, 2005.
  • Kennedy, Paul. Vzestup a pád velmocí. Ekonomické proměny a vojenské konflikty v letech.
  • Munck, T. Evropa sedmnáctého století. Praha, 2002.
  • PAULINYI, Á. Průmyslová revoluce. Praha, 2003.
  • R. MACKENNEY. Evropa šestnáctého století. Praha, 2001.
  • Radek FUKALA. Třicetiletá válka. Konflikt, který změnil Evropu. Opava, 2001.
  • RAKOVÁ, S. Dobrodruzi, puritáni a Indiáni. Angličané v Novém světě. Praha, 1998.
  • STELLNER, František. Car je mrtev, ať žije carevna! Převraty na ruském dvoře v 18. století. Praha. 2014.
  • STELLNER, František. Fridrich Veliký. Cesta Pruska k velmocenskému postavení. Praha. 1998.
  • SUCHÁNEK, Drahomír, DRŠKA, Václav. Církevní dějiny. Novověk. Praha, 2018.
  • Ulrich im Hof. Evropa a osvícenství. Praha, 2000.


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