Courses winter term 2025/26
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Main seminar
Mirko Breitenstein
Main seminar: Just praying and working? Benedictine monks and nuns in the Middle Ages
Ort: BZW/A152/U
Zeit: Thursday, 2nd DS (9:20 – 10:50)
OPAL-Kurs
Ora et labora! - Pray and work! Benedictine nuns and monks have had a lasting influence on European culture through their combination of asceticism and active life. The seminar will cover the history of Benedictine communities from their legendary founder Benedict of Nursia and his rule to the time of the Reformation. An excursion to the Benedictine monastery of Wechselburg in Saxony is also planned.
Sources and literature for introduction:
Die Benediktsregel (beliebige Ausgaben); Gregor der Große, Vita Benedicti / das Leben und die Wunder des verehrungswürdigen Abtes Benedikt, Stuttgart 2015.
Handbuch der benediktinischen Ordensgeschichte, hg. von M. Albert, Bd 1: Von den Anfängen bis ins 14. Jahrhundert, Bd 2: Vom 14. Jahrhundert bis zum Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts, St. Ottilien 2019, 2025; M. Breitenstein, Die Benediktiner. Geschichte, Lebensformen, Spiritualität, München 2019; S. Hilpisch, Geschichte der Benediktinerinnen, St. Ottilien 1951.
Offered for the following modules:
Teaching degree old
Gymnasium: PHF- SEGY-Hist-VV
Oberschule: PHF-SEMS-Hist-VE
Teaching degree new
Gymnasium: PHF-SEGY-HIST-PFVM
Gymnasium: PHF-SEGY-HIST-GVAMG
Oberschule: PHF-SEOS-HIST-GVAMG
Oberschule: PHF-SEOS-HIST-PFE
Bachelor History (2007)
Hist AM 1
Hist GM 2
Bachelor GKS new (2023)
PHF-BA-HIST-GVAMG
Bachelor SLK new (2020)
Hist Erg GM 2
MA degree programs
Exercise
Mirko Breitenstein
Exercise: Monasteries and religious orders in the Middle Ages. An overview
Ort: BZW/A152/U
Zeit: Thursday, 3rd DS (11:10 – 12:40)
OPAL-Kurs
Christian monasteries shaped the history of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East for centuries. They were places of worship, but also cultural, economic, and political centers. This exercise aims to provide an overview of this rich history.
Sources and literature for introduction:
G. Melville, Die Welt der mittelalterlichen Klöster. Geschichte und Lebensformen, München 2012.
Offered for the following modules:
Teaching degree old
Gymnasium: PHF-SEGY-Hist-MA
Oberschule: PHF-SEMS-Hist-MA
Teaching degree new
Gymnasium: PHF-SEGY-HIST-EWAMG
Gymnasium: PHF-SEGY-HIST-GVAMG
Oberschule: PHF-SEOS-HIST-GVAMG
Oberschule: PHF-SEOS-HIST-EWAMG
Bachelor History (2007)
Hist AM 1
Hist GM 2
Bachelor GKS new (2023)
PHF-BA-HIST-EWAMG
Bachelor SLK new (2020)
Hist Erg GM 2
Hist Erg AM 1
MA degree programs
Colloquium
Mirko Breitenstein
Colloquium : Research colloquium for exam and final theses FOVOG
Location: Research Center for Comparative History of the Religious Orders (FOVOG), Budapester Str. 34b
Time: Wednesday, 6 DS (16:40 - 18:10) (hybrid participation possible)
OPAL course
Mirko Breitenstein
Colloquium : Research Colloquium New Research on the Comparative History of Religious Orders
Location: Research Center for Comparative History of the Religious Orders (FOVOG), Budapester Str. 34b
Time: Wednesday, 6 DS (16:40 - 18:10)
Participation via Zoom is possible after registration at fovog@tu-dresden.de.
OPAL course
Offered for the following modules:
Teaching degree new SO (from WS 23/24)
PHF-SEGY-HIST-PFVM, PHF-SEOS-HIST-PFE
Teaching degree old SO (until WS 23/24)
PHF-SEMS-Hist-VE, PHF-SEGY-Hist-VV, PHF-SEBS-Hist-VV
MA degree programs
PhF-Hist-MA-SM1, PhF-Hist-MA-FMEW, PhF-Hist-MA-FMSW