Topics:•Religious development in Europe and the Czech lands in the 16th and early 17th centuries•Austrian and Spanish Habsburgs in the 16th and 17th centuries•Turkish danger and the Habsburg monarchy in the 16th, 17th and first half of the 18th centuries• Western Europe in the 16th - 18th centuries. century•Thirty Years War - its European context and impact on Czech countries
Elective Course II A:
The aim of the course is to become more familiar with important topics from the history of the early modern era, which are part of the bachelor's state final exams. These are topics from religious, political and economic history, but also taking cultural issues into account. The teaching will combine the form of a seminar and a lecture, students will get to know the issues discussed and will also try to interpret some important historical sources.