Study programmes

The degree programme in Medieval Latin and Neo-Latin Studies focuses on the history of European culture expressed in the Latin language in the period starting with the fall of the Ancient civilization. It covers Latin writing from the origin of medieval civilization in the area of Western, Southern and Central Europe (with a special emphasis on the Czech lands), its development during the High and Late Middle Ages, its transformation during the Renaissance and Baroque humanism and finally its involvement in the cultural life and scientific research of modern Europe. The programme concentrates on literary and para-literary Latin texts of these periods from the linguistic, paleographic, codicological, literary-historical and cultural-historical perspectives. Theoretical and practical issues of editing these texts are studied as well. The plan of the study respects the continuity of the ancient culture in the Middle Ages and in the modern period, with substantial attention devoted to the influence of Christianity on the development of Latin writing and its function in the history of religious life in medieval and early modern Europe.
The programme aims at preparing students for independent creative work as well as team work; therefore, the programme provides theoretical knowledge in the fields of medieval Latin and neo-Latin studies, and a solid grounding in general literary-scientific, philological, historical and auxiliary sciences. Students are assumed to be able to apply this knowledge in their doctoral dissertation research.

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