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Lecturer(s)
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Zábranský Vilém, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. The origin and genesis of the urban system in Central Europe 2. Urban law and legal collections 3. Urban institutions and authorities 4. Running of the city office 5. Social structure of the urban population 6. Daily life in the city 7. Economic activities of the urban population 8. Disasters and crises 9. The nature of the urban network in Central European countries 10. The political position of cities and its change over time 11. Hussitism and cities 12. The relationship of cities to the space and society beyond the walls 13. Migration between cities at the end of the Middle Ages and in the early modern period 14. The THirty Years? War and cities
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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 the course is to convey to students the genesis and development of cities and urban self-government, socio-economic and legal relations within the urban community as reflected in the city legal collections and the act production of the city office in the medieval and early modern periods. Furthermore, the specific methodology of working with sources used for the study of cities and their society, especially in the context of the development of the Czech state and adjacent areas of Central Europe. In term of the concept of teaching, the lectures will be focused on the theoretical basis and at the same time the teaching will take into account specific examples of sources and possibilities of their interpretation.
Students will understand genesis and development of towns and town administration in Central European space in the period of Middle Ages and Early Modern Times. Moreover they will get familiar with the specific methodology of work with resources used for research of towns and urban society. Students are also given an overview of the newest literature on the subject, about the currents state of research focussing on the history of towns, about various approaches to this subject and about projects relating to the given issue.
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Prerequisites
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none
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Active participation in the course during the full-time part of the course, as well as thecreation of a portfolio including the analysis of a selected source related to the history of towns and the analytical elaboration of privileges to the chosen subject town.
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Recommended literature
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František Hoffmann. Středověké město v Čechách a na Moravě. Praha, 2009.
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Jaroslav Miller. Uzavřená společnost a její nepřátelé, Město středovýchodní Evropy (1500-1700). Praha, 2006.
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Jinřich Tomas. Od raně středověké aglomerace k právnímu městu a městskému stavu. Litoměřice, 1999.
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Josef Macek. Jagellonský věk v českých zemích, 3. Města. Praha, 1999.
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Pavla Horská - Eduard Maur - Jiří Musil. Zrod velkoměsta. Urbanizace českých zemí a Evropa. Praha - Litomyšl, 2002.
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