Syllabus
The beginnings of the Czech state
Bohemia in times of prince
Přemyslid dynasty.
The House of Luxembourg.
Jan Hus and reformists after his death, religious wars of 15th century.
Bohemia under George of Poděbrady and the Jagiellon dynasty.
The arrival of Habsburg dynasty.
Catholicism and Protestantism. Rudolph II.
The Thirty Years' War and defeat of the Czech estates in 1620.
Bohemian Lands in 1648 - 1740
Enlightenment and reforms of Maria Theresa and Joseph II.
The National Revival. Revolution of 1848-49.
Bachs´s absolutism.
Czech Lands befor WW I
The First World War
The establishment of Czechoslovakia in 1918 and life between the wars.
The Munich Pact and the Second republic.
The World War II.
Czechoslovakia 1945-1948
The Communist coup in February 1948.
Political Trials in 50´s
Revivality in 1960´s
Prague Spring 1968.
Normalization
The Velvet revolution 1989
Czech Republic
The lectures also include topics from cultural, economic and social history.
Annotation
This subject is taught in Czech.
Cultural-historical overview of Czech history in the context of European and World history. Lectures will also focus on the practical use of history in the education of children and youth. Emphasis will be placed on a significant period of Czech history (the origins of Czech statehood and culture in the early Middle Ages, the knightly culture, the thinking in the high and late Middle Ages, the culture of the time of Charles IV., Baroque and absolutism, the national revival and culture of the 20th century.