Sylabus
Jakub Izdný: 1. (4. 10. 2023) Introduction. Geography of the Bohemian basin.
Basic questions of the local historiography. State structures, pre-state formations in the area. 2. (11. 10. 2023) The Great Moravian Empire.
The Beginning of the Bohemian State. 3. (18. 10. 2023) Přemyslid-duchy, Early and High Middle Ages in Bohemia.4. (25. 10. 2023) Kingdom of the Last Přemyslids. 5. (1. 11. 2023) The first Luxembourgs on the Bohemian Throne. 6. (8. 11. 2023) The fall of the Luxembourg era. Hussite revolution Eva Jarošová: 7. (15. 11. 2023) The heretic king George of Poděbrady and the Jagiellonian dynasty.
Rise of the State of Estates. 8. (22. 11. 2023) The first Habsburg rulers: Ferdinand, Maximilian and the Golden Age of the Bohemian aristocracy. 9. (29. 11. 2023) Rudolph II, his splendid Era, and Turkish wars 10. (6. 12. 2023) The Estates’ uprising, Prague defenestration, Thirty Years War and the restoration of the Habsburg dynasty 11. (13. 12. 2023) Maria Theresa, Joseph II, and the Czech lands in the era of absolutism and Enlightenment 12. (20. 12. 2023) The fire of revolution. Bohemia during and after the Napoleonic wars.
Possibly both:13. (3. 1. 2024) Excursion: Old Prague in the eyes of historian14. (10. 1. 2024) Final colloquium, Q&A-s, possible first test term