Course: Reform and Heresy in Late Medieval Central Europe

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Course title Reform and Heresy in Late Medieval Central Europe
Course code KHI/OE
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 English
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)
  • Kalous Antonín, doc. Mgr. M.A., Ph.D.
  • Peřinová Markéta
Course content
1. General introduction, key terms (urban/regional context, reform, heresy) 2. Church in the 15th century (papal schism, conciliarism) 3. Monasticism, religious orders in general 4. Reform of the various religious orders 5. 'Troublemakers' in Bohemia + Universities in Prague and Vienna as key actors in polemical exchanges 6. The grand tour of John of Capestrano 7. The role of preaching in general and the anti-Jewish preaching 8. Urban society and the reform 9. Visual culture and the reform 10. Networks of readership 11. a final wrap-up session with a fun part in the end.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The course will discuss the manifold ways of reform that took place in Central and Eastern Central Europe in the 15th century. It will thematise different reform movements of the century in the Central European region, the regional specificities of the observant movement, and the effect of the church synods (Constance and Basel) and several other monastic reforms, such as the Raudnitz (Roudnice nad Labem) or the Melk reforms, and their impact on contemporaneous society. In some detail, the course will present the case of the Hussite reformers in medieval Bohemia and subsequently focus on the mission of the key player in the papal response to the Hussite heresy, John of Capestrano. On a general level, the course aims to discuss how these reforms and reform movements influenced the religious life of the contemporaries on a long run. The course will cover a wide range of topics and for this reason is designed as a blended learning model with the involvement of various experts on individual topics, including lecturers from Masaryk University, Brno and University of Vienna.

Prerequisites
Working knowledge of English.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

Students will be asked to read relevant secondary literature as well as excerpts from the original medieval sources (these texts will always be available in English translation; knowledge of Latin or other languages is not required) for individual classes and take an active part in a class discussion based on the assigned readings. Moreover, each student will hold a short presentation of a selected topic with specific readings (around 15-minute long).
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