Course: Chapters from Early Modern History A

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Course title Chapters from Early Modern History A
Course code KHI/KDRNA
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
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
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Prchal Pavlíčková Radmila, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Trenta Andrea, Mgr.
  • Peřinová Markéta
Course content
The Jesuits: culture, education, and missions in the Early Modern Period Lecture 1 Catholic Europe after the Reformation - Text: R. Po-chia Hsia, "Introduction - The Reformation and its Worlds," in A companion to the reformation world, edited by R. Po-chia Hsia. Blackwell Publishing, 2004. Lecture 2: Ignatius and the First Jesuits - Text: The First Jesuits, John W. O'Malley. Harvard University Press, 1993. Lecture 3: Jesuit early struggles and expansion - Text: An Overview of the Pre-suppression Society of Jesus in Spain, Patricia W. Manning. Brill, 2021. Lecture 4: The Jesuit educational system - Text: Jesuit Schools and Universities in Europe 1548-1773, Paul F. Grendler. Brill, 2019 Lecture 5: The role of the Jesuits in the European religious Wars - Text: Robert Aleksander Maryks, "Protestantism and Early Jesuits," in Encounters between Jesuits and Protestants in Africa, ed. by Robert Aleksander Maryks and Festo Mkenda. Brill, 2018. Lecture 6: The Jesuit missions overseas - Text: Nicholas P. Cushner. Why Have You Come Here? The Jesuits and the First Evangelization of Native America. Oxford University Press, 2006. Lecture 7: The Jesuits and the Arts: Architecture and Visual Arts Text: Franco Mormando, " Gian Paolo oliva: The Forgotten celebrity of Baroque Rome," in The Holy Name: Art of the Ges? - Bernini and his Age, edited by Linda Wolk-Simon. Saint Joseph's University Press, 2018. Lecture 8: The Jesuits and the Arts: Music and Theatre - Text: Fidel Rädle, "Jesuit Theatre in Germany, Austria and Switzerland," in Neo Drama and Theatre in Early Modern Europe, ed. by Jan Bloemendal and Fidel Rädle. Brill, 2013. Lecture 9: Jesuit economics - Text: Olwen Hufton. "Faith, hope and money: the Jesuits and the genesis of fundraising for education (1550-1650*)." Institute of Historical Research, Historical Research, vol. 81, no. 214 (November 2008), pp. 585-609- Lecture 10: Anti-Jesuitism - Andrew McKenzie-McHarg, Text: Peter Burke, "The The Black Legend of the Jesuits: An Essay in the History of Social Stereotypes," in Christianity and Community in the West. Essays for John Bossy, ed. by Simon Ditchfield. Ashgate, 2001. Lecture 11: The Enlightenment and the Jesuit suppression - Text: Maurice Whitehead, "From Expulsion to Restoration: The Jesuits in Crisis, 1759-1814." Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review , Winter 2014/15, Vol. 103, No. 412, pp. 447-461. Lecture 12. What's in a name? Jesuit legacy in Europe and beyond - Text: Thomas Worcester, "Jesuits Today," in The Cambridge Companion to the Jesuits, edited by Thomas Worcester. Cambridge University Press, 2008

Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
This seminar is for PhD students specializing in Early Modern Period. Seminar is not open every year.

Prerequisites
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Reading of sources and secondary literature for each lesson Successful fulfillment of the final test (75 %) Essay on the topic discussed within the seminar, 5-7 standard pages
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Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA21) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA24) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA20) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA19) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA21) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History (2019) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History (2019) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA23) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA22) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA24) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA20) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA19) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History (2019) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): History (2012) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching History for Secondary Schools and Higher Primary Schools (NA23) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -