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Lecturer(s)
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Kaiserová Kristina, doc. PhDr. CSc.
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Okurka Tomáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Subject circles of the individual lectures: 1. The advancing factor of uneven progress of historical development 2. The process of modernization and the fundamental transformations in the relations between the "centre" and "periphery" during the discussed period (while taking the aspects of continuity and discontinuity of particular historical developments into account) 3. Outlining the term "modern times" from the view of contents, geography and chronology 4. The Reformation and its consequences 5. The individual aspects of the so-called 17th-century crisis and the European and "global" equilibrium after the Thirty Years? War 6. The issue of Absolutism and the rejection of it (typology of monarchies and "republics") 7. Baroque and Enlightenment 8. The breakthrough of the Europeans to transatlantic regions and the fight for new power balance, modernization and innovation 9. The crisis of the old regime, the Great French Revolution and its consequences 10. The era of revolution and restoration, the process of industrialization and its social and political impacts 11. The issues of 1848 12. The inception of modern nationalism and the formation of national states, the stabilization of civic society 13. The so-called Atlantic Revolution and the twilight of the European era 14. National and supra-national elements in the dispute over new power balance at the turn of the century and on the eve of the First World War
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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 subject aims at detailed discussion on the issues of modern-times history or, respectively, the period between 1648 and 1918. Emphasis is laid on comparative analysis of various aspects of historical development both in time and space, which also necessarily requires outlining the mutual connections as well as (causal) dependencies of the explored phenomena and events.
The graduates are capable of logical following up with the earlier period of time. They have clear knowledge of wider contexts from both the aspect of time and space. They have adopted the capability of analysing relevant sources, mainly focusing on their evaluation, and realize the necessity of keeping critical distance. They have acquired knowledge of historiography concerning the followed period and mainly the most recent results of scientific research, whilst being aware of the preceding developments in solving the relevant issues. The acquired expertise also includes geographic orientation in particular historical events. Students can also precisely present the results of their own activities in this discipline.
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Prerequisites
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None
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Students are also required to submit a list of hitherto researched literature at the oral exam, encompassing the minimum of six monographs from the list of recommended literature (except textbooks and syntheses), while the minimum of three are related to the period between 1648 and 1815 and the minimum of three to the period between 1815 and 1918. They are required to answer one question at the exam on the basis of the researched literature while the second question is drawn. They successfully pass the exam upon satisfactory answering both questions.
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Recommended literature
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Edmund Burke. Úvahy o revoluci ve Francii. Brno, 1997.
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Egon Friedel. Kulturní dějiny novověku II. Krize evropské duše od černé smrti po první světovou válku. Praha, 2006.
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Fernand Braudel. Dynamika kapitalismu. Praha, 1999.
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François Furet. Francouzská revoluce I-II. Praha, 2007.
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František Stellner. Hospodářské dějiny novověku. Praha, 2012.
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Frédéric Hitzel. Osmanská říše 15.-18. století. Praha, 2005.
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Jan Křen. Dvě století střední Evropy. Praha, 2005.
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Martin Kovář. Zrození velmoci - (Anglie ? Velká Británie) na cestě k postavení první světové mocnosti (1603-1746). Praha, 2007.
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Miroslav Hroch. V národním zájmu. Praha, 1999.
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Peter Englund. Nepokojná léta. Historie třicetileté války. Praha, 2000.
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Richard Pipes. Dějiny ruské revoluce (1900-1923). Praha, 1998.
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Roland Fröhlich. Dva tisíce let dějin církve. Praha, 1999.
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Svatava Raková. Dobrodruzi, puritáni a Indiáni. Angličané v Novém světě. Praha, 1998.
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Ulrich im Hof. Evropa a osvícenství. Praha, 2000.
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Václav Veber. Mikuláš II. a jeho svět. Rusko 1894-1917. Praha, 2000.
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Vladimír N8levka. Koncert velmocí. Mezinárodní vztahy 1871-1914. Praha, 2005.
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