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| Unit name |
Introduction to Czech History |
| Unit code |
RUSS10024 |
| Credit points |
10 |
| Level of study |
C/4
|
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12)
|
| Unit director |
Dr. Chitnis |
| Open unit status |
Open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
Available only for Joint Honours and Single Honours Russian students taking RUSS10015 |
| School/department |
Department of Russian |
| Faculty |
Faculty of Arts |
Description including Unit Aims
This unit offers an introductory exploration of Czech history from the tenth to the twentieth century, concentrating on the following: Charles IV, Jan Hus and the Hussites, the National Revival, the creation of the First Czechoslovak Republic, the German occupation and the Communist period. No knowledge of Czech language is required for this unit.
Reading and References
Recommended Reading
(based on Bristol University Library holdings):
1. General Sources:
- Betts, R. R., Essays in Czech History, London: Athlone Press, 1969.
- Hermann, A.H., A History of the Czechs, London: Allen Lane 1975
- Pynsent, Robert B., Questions of Identity: Czech and Slovak Ideas of Nationality and Personality, Budapest, London: CentralEuropeanUniversity Press, 1994.
- Sayer, Derek, The Coasts of Bohemia: A Czech History, Princeton, N.J.: PrincetonUniversity Press, 1998.
- Seton-Watson, R. W., A History of the Czechs and Slovaks, London: Hutchinson, 1943.
- Tampke, Jürgen, Czech-German Relations and the Politics of Central Europe: From Bohemiato the EU, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
- Thomson, S. Harrison, Czechoslovakiain European History, Princeton, N.J.: PrincetonUniversity Press, 1953.
- Wallace, William V., Czechoslovakia, London: E. Benn, 1977.
