Course: Festivities in pre-modern times

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Course title Festivities in pre-modern times
Course code KHI/KV19
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Holý Martin, prof. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to introduce students to the issue of festivals in the Middle Ages and the early modern period. Festivities as a constitutive part of the social and spiritual life of society will be presented in terms of their typology, their contemporary meaning or function, as well as key development trends. Festivals and rituals of European monarchical and aristocratic courts, church, urban and folk environments as well as other milieus (guilds, schools, etc.) will be studied in a comparative perspective. The course, which also introduces methods of interdisciplinary research at the border of a number of disciplines (anthropology, ethnology, history, cultural studies, sociology, etc.), will also include the analysis and interpretation of relevant contemporary written, iconographic and other sources.
By completing the course, the student will gain knowledge of various forms of festival culture of the 14th-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 competence to work with older and recent literature and archival documents related to the issue of festivals of various kinds and their development in the High and Late Middle Ages and the 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 Monarchy with the general development of festival culture in pre-modern Europe.
Prerequisites
None.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Participation in the course.
Recommended literature


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): Documentation of Historical Memorials (A16) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History (Single Subject) (A14) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -