British History - AAA130130

• Title: Britské dějiny
• Guaranteed by: Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures (21-UALK)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: winter
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 4
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unlimited / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Additional information: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=15327
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: Mgr. Miroslava Horová, Ph.D.; PhDr. Soňa Nováková, CSc.; Mgr. Helena Znojemská, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): PhDr. Zdeněk Beran, Ph.D.; Mgr. Miroslava Horová, Ph.D.; doc. Mgr. Radvan Markus, Ph.D.; PhDr. Soňa Nováková, CSc.; Mgr. David Vichnar, Ph.D.; Mgr. Helena Znojemská, Ph.D.

Annotation

This introductory lecture course maps the key events of British history, from pre-Roman times to Devolution and its current aftermath. Each lecture will highlight historical developments that define the designated period, providing basic diachronic frameworks and critical resonances. Students are encouraged to follow the lecture series and familiarise themselves with the contextual background provided in order to complement and facilitate their further studies in literary and cultural history. A list of suggested secondary material is provided below. All lectures are in English.

Topics:
1. Celtic and Roman Britain, Anglo-Saxon and Viking England (43–1066 CE)
2. The Middle Ages: from the Norman Conquest to the Battle of Bosworth (1066–1485)
3. The Tudors (1485–1603)
4. From the Stuarts to the Hanoverian succession: the Civil War, Restoration and After (1603–1714)
5. Georgian Britain and Overseas Expansion (1714–1837)
6. Victorian Britain and the Empire (1837–1901)
8. WWII and its Aftermath (1939–1958)
9. The Cold War and Post-Empire Britain (1960s–1970s)
10. From Margaret Thatcher to Devolution (1979–1999)

Last update: Znojemská Helena, Mgr., Ph.D. (04.01.2026)