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The Outline of History of Human Rights to the Universal Declaration
Pilátová, Lucie ; Veverková, Kamila (advisor) ; Lášek, Jan Blahoslav (referee)
The thesis is focused on the history of human rights, and their evolution since the time of ancient Greece and Rome to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. The aim of the work is to make reader acknowledged with major events which influenced the development of human rights. Described are the thoughts of philosophers and significant events that changed the course of development of human rights. There is depicted a situation in ancient Rome and Greece, the period of development of the Christian faith and the Middle Ages and significant modern milestones including French revolution and the emergence of Declaration of Human rights, the reign of Maria Theresa and her son Joseph II. who made o lots of reforms, or revolution of 1848 and finally the emergence of Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948.
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Contemporary history textbooks as a tool for developping historical thinking of the elementary school students - case of French Revolution
Tomčíková, Eva ; Najbert, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Pinkas, Jaroslav (referee)
This thesis inspects how the topic of French Revolution is presented in three chosen textbooks, corresponding exercise books and, in some cases, methodical guidelines for Czech elementary schools (textbooks by the publishing houses Fraus, Nová škola and Státní pedagogické nakladatelství). This is done through three of the six historical thinking concepts as established by Peter Seixas. The chosen concepts are: (identify) continuity and change, (analyze) cause and consequence and (take) historical perspetives. The thesis consists of a theoretical (chapters on historical literacy, inquiry-based learning, six historical thinking concepts, defining the topic of French Revolution and how it is elaborated in historiography, the significance and the role of the texbooks in teaching history) and a practical part (analysis and comparison of the chosen textbooks, exercise books and, in some cases, metodical guidelines, a plan of a unit on the given topic in the lenght of three standard lessons, which is oriented towards the development of the historical thinking of students). Considering the current state of Czech research of textbooks by Seixas' concepts, which is very limited, the methodology and research questions are newly and somewhat experimentaly created. The result of this research is the fact that...
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Marquis de La Fayette and His Impact on the American Independence War and the French Revolution
Bílková, Alžběta ; Kovář, Martin (advisor) ; Beneš, Zdeněk (referee)
Marquis La Fayette: His influence on the American war of Independence and the French Revolution The aim of this bachelor thesis is to analyze the life of marquis de La Fayette, in two revolutions as a so called "Hero of Two Worlds" - his influence in the American Revolution and French Revolution in the Age of Enlightment, including the analysis of his political and military merits and deeds. The first part of this thesis deals with Marquis' life before his departure to America, followed by listing of battles he was involved in, also it focuses on his relationship with George Washington and his fellow officers. The next part deals with his political activities back in France on the brink of the French of Revolution, which has shaken the very core of European society, including his work on The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen. The last part shortly deals with La Fayette's political fall during the events of the Massacre on Champ de Mars. Keywords French Revolution, American Revolutionary War, General La Fayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette; revolution, Enlightment
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On a Question of the Dramaturgy of Kittl's Opera Bianca und Gisuppe oder Die Franzosen vor Nizza
Šochman, Martin ; Ottlová, Marta (advisor) ; Gabrielová, Jarmila (referee)
The Czech opera production of the so called "Pre-Smetanian" era represents a topic quite neglected by music historians. It is therefore the goal of this master's thesis to repay this debt by showing Kittl's opera, Bianca und Giuseppe oder Die Franzosen vor Nizza, (the libretto, written by Richard Wagner, based on the novel, Die hohe Braut, by Heinrich König) as a work of art which illustrates the high quality of the Prague opera scene in the mid-1800s. The core of this thesis consists of a dramaturgical analysis of the final form of the mentioned opera. This analysis advances in three steps. 1. The main idea of König's novel and its aesthetic are presented in the light of his life. 2. The following chapter concerns Wagner's libretto. Apart from showing the differences between the novel- and opera aesthetics, the emphasis is on the dramaturgical means which Wagner employs: various usage of the couleur locale, ensemble of the pezzo concertato type, working with specific time structures in the opera or allegorical usage of the so called - as Frenchmen say - spectacle d'optique. 3. The next chapter strives to assess the extent to which Kittl succeeded in expressing Wagner's intentions or, in another words, the extent to which Wagners's "poetic intention" (dichterische Absicht) came true in Kittls's music....
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The French Revolution and historiography
Prouza, Jiří ; Kučera, Jan (advisor) ; Perottino, Michel (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with the historiography of the French revolution. It traces its development since the very beginning until nowadays. It aims to explain key approaches and trends of interpretations of this fundamental event in European and world history. First chapter is concerned with early interpretations - conservative, liberalistic, republican and socialistic, which all mainly arose out of political beliefs of their authors and therefore each of those tried to discover rather the political than the historical "truth". Second chapter focuses on the Marxist view, that dominated in the revolutionary historiography during the 20th century. In the 1960s and 1970s Anglo-American historians (e.g. Cobban, Taylor, Palmer) began to dispute the crucial thoughts of the Marxist historians - concept of the bourgeois revolution, class-struggle and socioeconomic determinism, that were spread above all by Soboul. "Revisionism" moved to the French historiography (esp. Furet) soon after. This approach is described in the third chapter. The revisionist historians finally overthrew the Marxist orthodoxy in the 1980s; however, the historical discussion on the French revolution has continued. Since the revolutionary historiography emancipated from the Marxist dogmatism, it attracted the attention of other...
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The Outline of History of Human Rights to the Universal Declaration
Pilátová, Lucie ; Veverková, Kamila (advisor) ; Lášek, Jan Blahoslav (referee)
The thesis is focused on the history of human rights, and their evolution since the time of ancient Greece and Rome to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. The aim of the work is to make reader acknowledged with major events which influenced the development of human rights. Described are the thoughts of philosophers and significant events that changed the course of development of human rights. There is depicted a situation in ancient Rome and Greece, the period of development of the Christian faith and the Middle Ages and significant modern milestones including French revolution and the emergence of Declaration of Human rights, the reign of Maria Theresa and her son Joseph II. who made o lots of reforms, or revolution of 1848 and finally the emergence of Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948.
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The Reaction to the French Revolution in England
Nováková, Kristýna ; Kovář, Martin (advisor) ; Valkoun, Jaroslav (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deas with the reaction to the French Revolution in England. The first part summarizes the internal and foreign policy of Britain at the period preceding the storming of the Bastille. Then it examines the response to the revolutionary events on the political scene connected with the declaration of the war. It focuses on three significant politicians: William Pitta the Younger, Charles James Foxe and Edmund Burke. The final part is concerned with the positive and negative influence of the ideas of the Revolution on the English radical movements in the first half of the 19th century and the opinions of selected radicals, particularly Thomas Paine.
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