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The course sets into focus the history of the Habsburg Monarchy in the early modern era, mainly covering the period between 1556-1806. In the first half of the course, there will be a strong emphasis on the spatial manifestations of state power: the political geography of the Habsburg territories will be investigated in detail: the territorial fragmentation of the individual provinces, their urban centers, the ethnical and confessional landscape will be considered. Simultaneously, the phenomenon of the composite state and the kinds of challenges peculiar to such states will be discussed. The course will investigate how policy making could or could not ensure the efficient exercise of political authority and management of resources, and what kind of legal, institutional, bureaucratic and other devices could facilitate “good government” Poslední úprava: Valkoun Jaroslav, PhDr., Ph.D. (07.02.2017)
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Reader mostly digitalized available on moodle. The use of electronic support of the course is obligatory. Poslední úprava: Klusáková Luďa, prof. PhDr., CSc. (08.10.2012)
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Lectures, seminars based on common reading Poslední úprava: Klusáková Luďa, prof. PhDr., CSc. (08.10.2012)
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Assessment 1. A short, 5-10-minute presentation, based on one of the mandatory or optional reading(s). The students’ own suggestions for presentation themes are also welcome, but the proposed topic has to be relevant for the course and it has to be approved by the instructor in advance. The ideal presentation identifies a central theme of the text, elaborates on it with visual aids and attempts to set an agenda for discussion. 2. preparation of 2-3 discussion questions related to the weekly readings. The questions will have to be submitted on a piece of paper at the beginning of each class and they will be used for the facilitation of the class discussion. 3. a mid-term (ca. 500 words) and a final essay (ca. 1,000 words) based on the assigned readings. In the paper, the student should not provide a mere summary of the readings’ contents but is expected to write an analytical paper that has a thesis and a point, compares and contrasts different approaches in an intelligible manner, and offers the student’s personal opinion regarding the works compared. It is expected that the student also use the Chicago Manual of Style rules for citing authors in proper footnotes. For your convenience, here is a quick on-line reference to writing proper footnotes: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html Poslední úprava: Pataki Katalin, Mgr. et Mgr. (28.02.2017)
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