Jak lépe porozumět lidem, kteří žili v minulosti? Dobové perspektivy ve starších dějinách, koncepty historického myšlení a velká revize RVP ZV

The aim of this study is to demonstrate, through a concrete example, the possibilities of developing historical thinking in the field of historical perspectives for premodern history. The topic is grounded in subjectdidactic theory, implicitly linked to the major revision of the Czech National Curriculum (P. Seixas, the “Big Six,” and the domestic 4+1 model of historical thinking), as well as in recent historiography concerned with the study of mentality in the early modern period. The article compares Czech textbooks with a German textbook in terms of how they incorporate the concept of salvation into their interpretation of the Reformation – a key aspect of the period’s ways of thinking and relating to life and death. The final part presents a specific research lesson based on working with personal sources from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, which allows us to understand the significance of Christianity in the thinking of people in pre-modern times and the influence it had on their actions.