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Course: History of Currency

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Course title History of Currency
Course code KHI/DOP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
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)
Course content
1. Introduction to the study of the subject, types of sources and terminology. 2. Money in prehistory and antiquity - premonetary period. 3. The beginnings of minted coins and coinage of ancient Greece. 4. Coinage of ancient Rome. 5. Coinage of the Byzantine Empire and the migration of peoples. 6. Coinage of early medieval Europe. 7. Coinage of early medieval Bohemia and Moravia. 8. Bracteates in Central Europe (12th-13th centuries). 9. The phenomenon of the Prague groschen (1300-1547). 10. High and late medieval gold coins in Western and Central Europe (13th-15th centuries). 11. Tolar currency in Europe (16th-18th centuries). 12. The first credit currency - banknotes and coins from base metals (17th-19th centuries). 13. Monetary systems of the modern world.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The course will focus on the issue of the history of money from ancient times to the 20th century, with a special focus on the ancient and medieval periods. The aim of the course is to familiarize the listeners with all the basic aspects of money, both from the point of view of their function and external physical appearance. It will therefore be a confrontation of historical, archaeological and above all numismatic knowledge. Model examples will be selected for each historical section, and the given period will be presented through them. Considerable attention will also be paid to coin finds, which represent one of the basic pillars of knowledge of monetary development. The main purpose of this course is to introduce students to the issue in such a way that they are able to perceive the role of money and monetary systems within individual historical sections.
Orientation in the development of means of payment and the monetary history.
Prerequisites
Orientation in the historical development of antiquity, the Middle Ages and the early modern period.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

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 Education Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB19) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB24) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB24) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History (2019) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB21) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB23) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB20) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Histrory (2019) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Archive Studies (2019) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB20) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB19) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB21) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB23) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB22) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): History with Emphasis of Education Aspects (BB22) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History (2019) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Palacký University Olomouc, date of update: 26.04.2025 23:59. Data created for academic year 2024/2025