Course: AUXILIARY HISTORICAL SCIENCES I

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Course title AUXILIARY HISTORICAL SCIENCES I
Course code KHI/KPVH1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
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.
  • Holub Pavel, PhDr. Bc. Ph.D.
Course content
1.-4. Development of auxiliary historic sciences - at first as practical disciplines - from the time of Humanism. Their transformation as special scientific disciplines in connection with the development of enlightenment science in wider context of Europe. Institutional anchoring of auxiliary historic sciences from the end of the 18th century as disciplines of research and teaching. Issue of categorization of historical sources from the 18th century, important personalities in the theory of historical sciences. 5.-8. Sources and development of diplomatics as a science of official documents, their inner and outer critique with equal accent to Medieval and Modern Age sources. Typology of official documents, the state of their research and editions. Diplomatics of digital documents. 9.-10. Sources, development and methodology of palaeography of the so called Latin circle, development of scripts from its beginning till the 20th century, use of certain types of script in print and in computer hardware, relationship of palaeography to graphology and grammatology, etc.) 11.- 12. Sources, development and methodology of sphragistics, the state of seal research in our countries for Middle Age in relation to the development of documents. Possibilities of modern use of sphragistics. 13. - 14. Sources, development and methodology of historical chronology, again in connection to development of official documents. Ways of dating official documents from Middle Age until today.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course introduces students into the basic auxiliary historic sciences. The course is divided into blocks which reflect each auxiliary historic science, their development, method and basic sources, tools and scientific literature.
The student will gain basic knowledge of the methodological and methodic issues in the so called auxiliary historic sciences as the basic disciplines for critical work with written as well as complementary sources. After attending the course the student must be able to describe the development and scientific contribution of the auxiliary historic sciences to the general work in historic sciences, he must know the methodology of work and the sources usable for the study of diplomatics, palaeography, sphragistics and historical chronology. He must also know his way in applicability of these disciplines in modern life (e.g. diplomatics of electronic documents, transformation of credentials of documents of legally binding force, attempts to create a world uniform calendar, etc.)
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Attendance to the course, individual study of recommended literature and final discussion, in which the student will prove the knowledge of the subject.
Recommended literature
  • Ivan Hlaváček - Jaroslav Kašpar - Rostislav Nový. Vademecum pomocných věd historických. Praha, 2007.
  • Jarmila Krejčíková - Tomáš Krejčík. Základy heraldiky, genealogie a sfragistiky. Praha, 1987.
  • Marie Bláhová. Historická chronologie. Praha, 2001.
  • Zdeňka Hledíková - Jaroslav Kašpar - Ivana Ebelová. Paleografická čítanka. Praha, 2000.


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): History (Single Subject) (A14) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter