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Lecturer(s)
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Holý Martin, prof. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1) Composition of court society 2) Mansions and residences 3) Everyday life versus court festivities 4) The ideal of the monarch and chivalry 5) Children and courtly education 6) Women at court 7) Careers at Court 8) The Court on the Road 9) Court literature and writing 10) Courts through the eyes of contemporaries
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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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The course is devoted to selected aspects of the history of court culture and life at monarchical, aristocratic and other courts in Europe, with an emphasis on the Central European region in the medieval and early mdoern periods (see thematic areas). The aim of the course is to deepen students knowledge of this issue. The course, accompanied by powerpoint presentations, will also include the interpretation of contemporary iconographic, written and other sources in relation to general themes and model examples.
By completing the course, the student will gain knowledge of the phenomenon of court culture in the 13th-18th centuries, but also insight into the broader context of European cultural, social and political history. At the same time, the student will acquire the competecne to work with older and recent literature and archival documents related to the issue of courts of various kinds and their development in the High and Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Period. Another important outcome of the course is that the student will be able to compare the specific knowledge acquired in the field of the Habsburg monarch ywith the general development of the phenomenon in pre-modern Europe.
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Prerequisites
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None
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Attendance at the course is a prerequisite for certification.
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Recommended literature
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D. Dvořáčková, J. Zelenka a kol. Přemyslovský dvůr. Praha. 2014.
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D. Dvořáčková-Malá. Dvory a rezidence ve středověku I-III. Praha. 2006.
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Jiří Hrbek a kol. Panovnický majestát. Praha. 2021.
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K. Vocelka - L. Heller. Soukromý svět Habsburků. Praha. 2011.
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Václav BŮŽEK ? Josef HRDLIČKA. Dvory velmožů s erbem růže. Všední a sváteční dny posledních Rožmberků a pánů z Hradce. Praha. 1997.
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