History of Culture

Code:

CINF015

Acronym:

HCUL

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	History

Instance: 2025/2026 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of History, Political and International Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor of Arts in Information Science

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CINF	51	Study plan	1	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Having an interdisciplinary focus and promoting a reflection on the past and present, the Curricular Unit of History of Culture aims to provide students with knowledge about culture from a diachronic perspective, encouraging reflection on concepts related to cultural history. It aims for students to develop skills that involve critical thinking and the ability to relate past times to the present, in order to promote the acquisition of skills that allow them to identify a problem, critically
debate a topic and apply the knowledge acquired to new situations.

Learning outcomes and competences

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

N/A

Program

 C1.

1. Monasticism: from its origins in the East to the Rule of St Benedict
2. The Rule of St Benedict as the cultural matrix of Europe.
3. Education in the High Middle Ages
4. The "Carolingian Renaissance"
5. Changes in culture and education in Western Europe in the 11th and 12th centuries
6. The foundation of medieval universities
7. Humanism and the revival of Antiquity
8. Religious transformations
9. The "Scientific Revolution"
10. The Enlightenment
11. Romanticism(s)
12. Bourgeois culture and sociability
13. Modernism and avant-garde in the early 20th century
14. Cultural transformations in the interwar period
15. Mass culture

Mandatory literature

Baumer, F. L. ; O Pensamento Europeu Moderno, Edições 70, 1990
Beaune, C.; Éducation et cultures du début du XIIe siècle au milieu du XVe siècle, SEDES, 1999
Blanning, T. C. W. ; The Culture of Power and the Power of Culture: Old Regime Europe 1660-1789, Oxford University Press, 2002
Bronowski, J.; Mazlish, B. ; A Tradição Intelectual do Ocidente, Edições 70, 2002
Brown, M. (ed.) ; Romanticism, Cambridge University Press., 2000
Burke, P. ; Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe, Temple Smith, 1978
Colish, M. L.; Medieval Foundations of the Western Intellectual Transition. 400-1400, Yale University Press, 2002
Eire, C. M. N. ; Reformations. The Early Modern World, 1450-1650, Yale University Press, 2002
Grafton, A.; Inky Fingers. The Making of Books in Early Modern Europe. , The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2020
Price, B. B.; Introdução ao Pensamento Medieval, Ed. ASA, 1996
Rioux, J.-P. ; Le temps des masses: le vingtième siècle, Seuil, 1998
Russ, J. ; A Aventura do Pensamento Europeu. Uma história das ideias ocidentais, Terramar, 1997

Comments from the literature

Specific bibliography will be indicated in classes.

Teaching methods and learning activities

The classes are theoretical and practical in nature and will be taught by combining the expository aspect (transmission of knowledge for students to learn) with discussion sessions on bibliography and documents of various types. These discussions aim to contribute to the development of argumentative skills by the students.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	121,00
Frequência das aulas	41,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Attendance at 75% of classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

Exam - 100%

Examinations or Special Assignments

N/A

Internship work/project

N/A

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Assessments may be carried out during the periods established by artícle 14, n. 2 b) of the Assessment Regulations. The assessment methodology and criteria are the same for all students.

Classification improvement

According to the Assessment Regulations in force