Methodology in Medieval History

Code:

FLUP0189

Acronym:

MHME

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Historical Methodologies and Sciences

Instance: 2004/2005 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of History, Political and International Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	History

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
HIS	25	Official Study Plan - LHIS	1	2,5	5	-
			2
			3
			4

Objectives

- identify documental sources, particularly Portuguese medieval sources.
- reading, interpreting and collecting data in documental sources.
- using new research methodologies and applying them to Medieval History.
- using general search engines, databases, journals and other bibliography in research on the Middle Ages.

Program

I. New research methodologies.
1. Using the Internet in Medieval History studies.
2. Search engines, databases, e-libraries and e-journals.
3. Quotation rules.
4. Organizing assignments.

II. Documental research
Introduction: method and methodology in historical research
1. Medieval Portuguese sources.
1.1. Documental collections in Archives and Libraries.
1.2. Publishing medieval documents in Portugal.
2. The Research.
2.1. Bibliographical preparation.
2.2. Documental research.
2.3. Analysis of documents.
2.4. Collecting and organizing data.
2.5. Presenting results.
3. Preparation of a historiographic text.

Main Bibliography

Antologia da Historiografia Portuguesa, organização, prefácio e notas de A. H. de Oliveira Marques, vol. I, Das Origens a Herculano, vol. II, De Herculano aos Nossos Dias, s.l., Publicações Europa-América, 1974 e 1975.
AZEVEDO, Carlos A. Moreira e AZEVEDO, Ana Gonçalves - Metodologia Científica. Contributos Práticos para a Elaboração de Trabalhos Académicos, Porto, Edição do Autor, 1994.
Bibliografia Anual de História de Portugal. Da Pré-História a 1974. Ano de 1989, Coimbra, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra, 1992.
Bibliografia Anual de História de Portugal. Da Pré-História a 1974. Ano de 1990, Coimbra, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra, 1993.
Bibliografia Anual de História de Portugal. Da Pré-História a 1974. Ano de 1991, Coimbra, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra, 1995.
MARQUES, A. H. de Oliveira - Guia do Estudante de História Medieval Portuguesa, Lisboa, Editorial Estampa, 1988 (3ª. edição).
Repertório Bibliográfico da Historiografia Portuguesa (1974-1994), Lisboa/Coimbra, Instituto Camões/Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra, 1995.
SERRÃO, Joaquim Veríssimo -A Historiografia Portuguesa. Doutrina e Crítica, vol. I, Séculos XII-XVI, vol. II, Século XVII, vol. III, Século XVIII, Lisboa, Editorial Verbo, 1972, 1973 e 1974.
- MINUTI, Rolando - Internet e il mestiere di storico. Riflessioni sulle incertezze di una mutazione. Cromohs, 6 (2001), p. 1-75.
- BARLOW, Jeffrey - Globalism and changes to the internet: editorial essay. Journal of the Association for History and Computing, vol. 5, nº 1, 2002.

Complementary Bibliography

Complementary bibliography will consist of number of electronic addresses, to be indicated in class.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical classes

Software

Access to the Internet, through means available in the FLUP.

Evaluation Type

Eligibility for exams

Signature of attendance records

Calculation formula of final grade

Grade of the exam (final assessment).
Grade of the exam and the assignment (continuous assessment: each of these components constitutes 50% of the final grade, as long as neither is equal to or below 7 grade points.

Classification improvement

According to the Assessment Regulations in force in the Faculty.

Observations

Language of instruction: Portuguese.