The course provides students with insights into different aspects of early modern time travelling. Source criticism to contemporary sources (chronicles, travel accounts, itineraries, books of travels, charters, etc.) within major topics (such as war campaigns, pilgrimage, university peregrination, diplomacy, trade and crafts) constitutes an important feature of the course.
Last update: Mgr. Marek Suchý, Ph.D. (21.01.2022)
The course provides students with insights into different aspects of early modern time travelling. Source criticism
to contemporary sources (chronicles, travel accounts, itineraries, books of travels, charters, etc.) within major
topics (such as war campaigns, pilgrimage, university peregrination, diplomacy, trade and crafts) constitutes an
important feature of the course.
Literature
Last update: Mgr. Marek Suchý, Ph.D. (21.01.2022)
Obligatory:
Mączak, Antoni. Travel in early modern Europe. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1995, s. ISBN 0-7456-0840-X.
Syllabus
Last update: Mgr. Marek Suchý, Ph.D. (21.01.2022)
Topics
1. Primary and secondary sources 2. Roads and means of travelling 3. Itinerant rulers 4. Diplomats on the road 5. Peripatetic ecclesiastics 6. University peregrination 7. Trade and traders 8. Itinerant craftsmen 9. Pilgrimages 10. Inns and their hospitality 11. Cost of travelling 12. Final test