Auxilliary Sciences of History

Pre-requisites: Enrollment in the appropriate semester/year of study.

Course objectives: Acquainting students with the basics of the auxiliary sciences of history and introduction to the techniques of analysis of the major types of historical sources for the medieval period - written texts (primarily documents), coins, and seals.

Course description: After delineating the theoretical framework of the auxiliary sciences of history as a group of related disciplines, lectures expound the common genesis of these disciplines and then proceed to present the specific fields of research of the most important among them - paleography, diplomatics, chronology, numismatics, and sigillography. At practical classes, concrete examples are used to demonstrate differentiation and complementarity among different auxiliary sciences of history, and to acquire knowledge about the terminology and basic methodology of the most important among them.

Learning Outcomes: Acquiring basic theoretical knowledge from several auxiliary historical sciences as a starting point for further training in practical techniques of academic research of the medieval period. Acquiring experiences in museology and archival science which prepare for careers in these fields.

Literature/Reading:

• Dž. Smit, Evropa posle Rima, Beograd 2006.
• P. Braun, Uspon latinskog hrišćanstva, Beograd 2008.
• Dž. Vitrou, Vreme kroz istoriju, Beograd 1993.
• M. Džonson, Arheološka teorija, Beograd 2008.
• S. Stanojević, Studije iz srpske diploatike, Beograd 1935.
• M. T. Clanchy, From Memory to Written Record, pp. 81-113.
• J. M. Powell, Medieval Studies. An Introduction, New York 1992.
• V. Novak, Latinska paleografija, Beograd 1956.
• S. Antoljak, Pomoćne istorijske nauke, Kraljevo 1971.
• J. Stipišić, Pomoćne povijesne znanosti u teoriji i praksi, Zagreb 1985.