Course: Chapters from Czech History

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Course title Chapters from Czech History
Course code KVS/WKCD
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + On-line Activities
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 15
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Konečný Karel, doc. PhDr. CSc.
  • Kopeček Pavel, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Krákora Pavel, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
History of the Czech lands from the arrival of Slavs until dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The traditions and roots of Czech statehood. Great Moravia, the Bohemian Principality. The kingdom of Bohemia under the reign of the Přemyslide and Luxembourg dynasties. Hussitism. The Kingdom of Two Peoples. The state of the Bohemian Estates. Lands of the Czech Crown under the Habsburg monarchy. The Czech national renaissance. European organization after the Viennese Congress. The revolutionary year 1848 in Europe and in the Habsburg monarchy. Czech politics during the latter half of the nineteenth century. The First World War and the Treaty of Versailles. Foundation of the Czechoslovak Republic, its political and economic development. Munich and occupation. Post-war political development. The totalitarian system and its character. The Prague Spring and normalization in Czechoslovakia. The Velvet Revolution.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark

Active participation in seminars, elaborated analysis of historical documents, submitted semestral thesis,
Recommended literature
  • (1990). Dějiny Československa. I., II.. Praha.
  • (1995). Dějiny evropské civilizace. II.. Praha a Litomyšl: Paseka.
  • (1995). Dějiny zemí Koruny české. I.. Praha: Paseka.
  • Bělina, P., Kaše, J., Kučera, J.P. (2006). České země v evropských dějinách II., III.. Praha, Litomyšl: Ladislav Horáček - Paseka.
  • Curha, J., Ellinger, J., Gjuričová, A. (2006). České země v evropských dějinách IV.. Praha, Litomyšl: Ladislav Horáček - Paseka.
  • Harna, J., Fišer, R. (1998). Dějiny českých zemí. I., II.. Praha: Fortuna.
  • Hora-Horejš, P. (1995). Toulky českou minulostí. 1.-7. díl.. Praha: Via facti, 1995-1998.
  • Šarochová, G.V. (2006). České země v evropských dějinách. I.. Praha, Litomyšl: Paseka.


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