Course: Chapters from Early Modern History C

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Course title Chapters from Early Modern History C
Course code KHI/KDRNC
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
Lecturer(s)
  • Elbel Martin, doc. Mgr. M.A., Ph.D.
  • Jadrná Matějková Hana, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Peřinová Markéta
Course content
1. Methodological approaches and trends in the history of medicine 2. To stand on the shoulders of giants. Hippocrates, Galen and the others, or Ancient traditions and their applications in the early modern period 3. Good health care and guidelines for its maintenance 4. Epidemics, infections, and diseases 5. Body perception 6. Relationships between physicians and patients 7. Concepts of difference - monstrosity in the early modern period 8. Secrets of women? Pregnancy and the emergence of new life seen through male eyes 9. Childbirth as a specific example of professionalization and medicalization 10. Folk ideas and magic

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The course "On Maintaining Good Health." Selected Chapters from the History of Early Modern Medicine will focus on selected aspects of the history of early modern medicine. The main content of the course is the introduction of various methodological approaches and topics related to the concepts of health, disease, body, to the development of medical theories and the medical practice in the early modern period. Emphasis will be placed on work with contemporary texts and relevant secondary literature. Active participation of students in the discussions is expected.
The student will improve his/her knowledge of the history of the early modern period and will enrich it with further various social, cultural and gender aspects. He/she will learn how to work with contemporary sources and relevant secondary literature related to topics from the history of medicine of the discussed period accentuated from various angles. He/she will apply the acquired knowledge by preparing his/her presentation and by discussions at the course.
Prerequisites
General knowledge of the history of the early modern period.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Attendance and active participation at the course, preparation for the class (text reading), preparation of a presentation, discussions, final paper
Recommended literature
  • Černý, Karel. (2020). Mor 1480?1730. Epidemie v lékařských traktátech raného novověku. Praha.
  • Dinges, Martin ? Jankrift, Kai Peter ? Schlegelmilch, Sabine ? Stolberg, Michael (eds.). (2016). Medical Practice, 1600?1900. Physicians and Their Patients. Leiden - Boston.
  • Hanulík, Vladan ? Lenderová, Milena ? Tinková, Daniela (eds.). (2014). Dějiny těla. Prameny, koncepty, historiografie. Praha.
  • Hlaváčková, Ludmila ? Svobodný, Petr. (2004). Dějiny lékařství v českých zemích. Praha.
  • Horstmanshoff, Manfred ? King, Helen ? Zittel, Klaus (ed.). (2012). Blood, Sweat and Tears. The Changing Concepts of Physiology from Antiquity into Early Modern Europe. Leiden.
  • Porter, Roy. (2015). Dějiny medicíny od starověku po současnost. Praha.
  • Stolberg, Michael. (2021). Gelehrte Medizin und ärztlicher Alltag in der Renaissance. Berlin - Boston.
  • Tinková, Daniela. (2010). Tělo, věda, stát. Zrození porodnice v osvícenské Evropě. Praha.
  • Tomíček, David. (2009). Víra, rozum a zkušenost v lidovém lékařství pozdně středověkých Čech. Ústí nad Labem.
  • Toulalan, Sarah ? Fisher, Kate (ed.). (2013). The Routledge History of Sex and the Body 1500 to the Present. London - New York.


Study plans that include the course
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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 (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: -