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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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The teaching of the course in the combined form includes the following topics in individual teaching blocks: 1. Introduction to the subject: sources, previous research, research methods 2. Festivities of the court and nobility 3. Church rituals and festivals; festivals in the urban environment 4. Rituals and festivals in folk culture 5. Other festivals (feasts, theatrical and dance festivals, executions, tournaments)
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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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.
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Prerequisites
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None.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Credit will be given for regular attendance at the course.
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Recommended literature
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Jiří HRBEK. České barokní korunovace. Praha, 2010.
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Martin HOLÝ. Čehož sem také při ní, panně šlechtičně, aby mě za manžela sobě oblíbila, vyhledávati neobmeškal. Sňatky české a moravské šlechty na prahu novověku (1500-1620), in: Martina HALÍŘOVÁ (ed.), Oznamuje se láskám našim ..aneb svatby a svatební zvyky v českých zemích v průběhu staletí. Sborník příspěvků z konference konané v Pardubicích ve dnech 13. - 14. září 2007, s. 7-18. Pardubice, 2007.
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Martin HOLÝ. Kultura raně novověkých slavností na příkladu křtů šlechty v českých zemích v 16. a raném 17. století, Historická dílna 7. Sborník příspěvků přednesených v roce 2012, s. 133-145. Plzeň, 2013.
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Martin NODL - František ŠMAHEL. Slavnosti, ceremonie a rituály pozdního středověku. Praha, 2014.
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Martin WIHODA - Demeter MLAŤÁK (ed.). Stát, státnost a rituály přemyslovského věku. Problémy, názory, otázky. Brno, 2006.
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Václav BŮŽEK - Pavel KRÁL (ed.). Slavnosti a zábavy na dvorech a v rezidenčních městech raného novověku. České Budějovice, 1996.
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