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Historical and Cultural Development of the Czech Lands

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 541-3514/01
Abbreviation HKV
Course title Historical and Cultural Development of the Czech Lands
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator Mgr. Věra Vahalíková

Subject syllabus

1. Periodization of the Czech history using modern Historiography, main diferences in development of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia
2. Prehistory, archeological findings, Celts, Gerrmans, Slavs
3. Forming of the first political units, Marobud, Samo and their lands, Great moravia and Czech state
4. Centralizing of the Czech princedom, hereditary kings, Přemyslid dynasty, Romanesque architecture
5. Czech kingdom at its prime, Jan and Karel Lucemburg, Gothic period
6. Religious reformation and Hussite Wars
7. George of Poděbrady, Jagiellonian dynasty, Renaissance
8. Restoration of Catholic faith, Thirty Years´War, Habsburg dynasty, turkish threat
9. War over austrian heritage, Age of Enlightment, Germanizing, Baroque
10. Napolean War, industrial revolution, national self-awareness
11. The First World War, legions, formation of Czechoslovakia
12. The Great Depression, Nazi threat, Munich, Protectorate, resistence, Prague uprising
13. February 1948, communism, Prague Spring, Velvet revolution, partition of Czechoslovakia, Czech republic

Literature

ČORNEJ, P., POKORNÝ J.: A Brief History of the Czech Lands. Praha: Práh, 2015, 104 s. ISBN 978-80-7252-567-6 

Advised literature

NEPALA, A., ŠKODA, E., VALDES, G.: Art and History of Bohemia. Praha: Bonechi, 2008, 160 s. ISBN 978-88-476-2094-0