Early Modern History of Portugal

Code:

ARQU038

Acronym:

HMOD

Instance: 2011/2012 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Heritage Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor of Arts in Archaeology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
ARQU	44	Study plan since 2008/2009	3	-	6	52	162
GEOGR	21	Study Plan - Geo. Minor in History (2008-2011)	3	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

We seek that the students acquire a detailed knowledge of this specific period. They will be prepared for the program’s new historiographical perspectives, hoping they will acquire the capacity of using accurate terminology and concepts regarding this period’s social and economical history. The goals of this subject, together with its basic theories and methods, will be presented and discussed with the students in the beginning of the semester.

Program

1. The age of Discovery and expansion;
1.1 Portuguese and European expansions;
1.2 Impact of the expansion in Portugal.


2. Economic background;
2.1 Production: the weight of the agricultural economy;
2.2 Trades and communications;
2.3 The administrative division, powers and economy;

3. The structure of the Portuguese society in the modern period;
3.1 Social stratification and mobility possibilities;
3.2 Social representation forms.

Mandatory literature

Godinho, V. M.,; Os descobrimentos e a economia mundial, Presença, 1981-1983
Godinho, V. M.,; A estrutura da antiga sociedade portuguesa, Arcádia, 1977
Lains, P., Silva,A. Ferreira; História Económica de Portugal 1700-2000,vol1., Instituto Ciências Sociais, 2005. ISBN: isbn 972-671-138-X
Marques, A.H.Oliveira; História de Portugal,vol1 e 2, Pallas, 1982. ISBN: isbn 972-23-2254-0
Marques, A.H. Oliveira e Serrão, Joel (dir); Nova História de Portugal, vol. V e VII, Presença, 1998, 2002. ISBN: 972-23-2295-8 e 972-23-2787-9
Mattoso, José (dir); História de Portugal , vol. III e IV, Círculo dos Leitores, 1994. ISBN: 972-42-0589-8
Ribeiro, Orlando; Portugal, o Mediterrâneo e o Atlântico, Ed. Sá da Costa, 1988. ISBN: 972-9230-39-0

Teaching methods and learning activities

Tutorial supervision seeks to support individual and group learning in order to build a bridge between the exposition of ideas and knowledge and the reflexion around them, bearing in mind the information resources. For that purpose, there will be reading and comment exercises, small essays about several issues and a first critical approach to documental sources.

keywords

Humanities > History > Political history
Humanities > History > Economic history
Humanities > History > Modern history
Humanities > History > Social history

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	42,00
tutorial	Participação presencial	13,00		2011-12-16
book review	Teste	16,00		2011-10-21
Essay	Trabalho escrito	20,00		2011-11-25
Essay review	Teste	20,00		2011-12-16
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
individual workload	Estudo autónomo	51	2011-12-16
	Total:	51,00

Eligibility for exams

Attendance at classes will be registered in attendance sheets. Students dismissed from mandatory attendance, given their special status, shall contact the teacher in the beginning of the semester.

Calculation formula of final grade

Critical review: 30%
Essay: 35%
Revision: 35%

Examinations or Special Assignments

For students with special needs, and according to FLUP’s Evaluation Rules, there may be a special test, where they can assess their knowledge about the subject’s program.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

It is not applied. The indications for these students are the same as the ones indicated in the subject’s general evaluation mode.

Classification improvement

According to the disposed for the regular exam period.