The material culture of towns on the base of archaeology

Lectures will focus on the following topics: medieval churches and cemetery; Premonstratensian nunnery; romanesque and gothic architecture; kitchen pottery, tiles and stoves; suburbia and taverns; pottery workshop; bath house.

Classes will focus on the following topics: Gniewkowo – outskirts in 15th–18th century; Bydgoszcz pottery workshop from about the end of 16th century (mass production: vessels; unique ceramic vessels; tiles and roofing tiles; medieval church of st. Jacob in Toruń; the equipment of the bath-house at the monastery of Canons Regular in Trzemeszno; the material culture of the Premonstratensian nunnery at Strzelno (the Romanesque period, the Gothic period, the Renaissance period, the Baroque period and the dissolution of the convent).

List of topics:

1. The material culture of the Premonstratensian nunnery at Strzelno in the light of archaeological excavations (12th–19th century).

2. Non omnis moriar. Burial wreaths in St. Jacobs church in Toruń graveyard.

3. Toruń – on medieval church of St. Jacobs. Archaeologist’ glosses.

4. The equipment of the bath-house at the monastery of Canons Regular in Trzemeszno.

5. In Gniewkowo outskirts in 15th–18th century.

6. Bydgoszcz pottery workshop from about the end of 16th century. Mass production and unique ceramic vessels.

Sulkowska-Tuszyńska G. K., Klasztor norbertanek w Strzelnie. Obraz kultury świetle badań archeologiczno-architektonicznych, Archaeologia Historica Polona, vol. 13, 2003, pp. 113–128.

Sulkowska-Tuszyńska G. K., Wyposażenie łaźni klasztoru kanoników regularnych w Trzemesznie, Archaeologia Historica Polona, vol. 14, 2004, pp. 189–210.

Sulkowska-Tuszyńska G. K., Klasztor norbertanek w Strzelnie (XII–XVI wiek). Sacrum i profanum, Toruń 2006.

Sulkowska-Tuszyńska G. K., Bydgoski warsztat garncarski z około XVI wieku (cz. I), Materiały do dziejów kultury i sztuki Bydgoszczy i regionu, vol. 13, 2008, pp. 15–22.

Sulkowska-Tuszyńska G. K., Gdyby te garnki potrafiły mówić… Bydgoski warsztat garncarski z około XVI wieku (cz. II), Materiały do dziejów kultury i sztuki Bydgoszczy i regionu, vol. 14, 2009, pp. 11–18.

Sulkowska-Tuszyńska G. K., Apud terram, ante ecclesiam. Niezapisane karty kościoła i parafii św. Jakuba w Toruniu, Pomorania Antiqua, vol. 23, 2010, pp. 249–274.

Sulkowska-Tuszyńska G. K., Prezbiterium kościoła św. Jakuba po badaniach archeologiczno-architektonicznych. Nowa historia Nowego Miasta Torunia, [w:] Nowe Miasto Toruń 750 lat od lokacji, red. K. Mikulski, P. Oliński, W. Rozynkowski, Toruń, 2014, pp. 5–42.

Assessment methods:

– activity;

– test.

Assessment criteria:

test: fail – less 50 pts; satisfactory (3) – 50–59 pts (50–59%); satisfactory plus (3,5) – 60–69 pts (60–69%); good (4) – 70–79 pts (70–79%); good plus (4,5) – 80–89 pts (80–89%); very good (5) – 90–100 pts (90–100%).

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