History of the Discoveries and Portuguese Expansion

Code:

HISTO039

Acronym:

HDEPOR

Instance: 2011/2012 - 2S

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

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
GEOGR	33	Study Plan - Geo. Minor in History (2008-2011)	3	-	6	52	162
HISTO	133	Study Plan - Hist. w/ Minor in Geography	2	-	6	52	162
			3
		Study Plan - History	2	-	6	52	162
LLC	0	Single Language Plan-German	3	-	6	52	162
		Single Language Plan-French	3	-	6	52	162
		Single Language Plan-English	3	-	6	52	162
		Single Language Plan-Spanish	3	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Goals:
- to develop in the students the perception of a universe in motion in the modern age, around Portuguese Discoveries;
- to develop research competences in bibliographic research an analysis ;
- to deepen a critical mind, taking into account the diversity of problematics around the expansion, and to review historiographical myths;
- to develop the perspective of a possible future research about the internal and external consequences of the Portuguese Discoveries;

Program

A.The historiographic debate around Portuguese Overseas Exapansion
B.The world before the European overseas expansion
C.Portuguese expansion versus European Expansion
D.The causes and motivations of Portuguese overseas expansion - ageo-economic overview
E. The naval
F. A geographical expansion: the axes
- The Atlantic archipelagos
- The South Atlantic
- The INdian Ocean
- The Brazil
G. Colonisation patterns
- Military conquest and dominium
- Commercial presence - the trading factories
- Settlement
H. The worlwide impact of Portuguese overseas expansion
I. Internal impact of Portuguese overseas expansion

Mandatory literature

GODINHO, V. Magalhães ; A economia dos descobrimentos henriquinos, Sá da Costa,, 1962
ALBUQUERQUE, Luís de , dir.; Dicionário de História dos Descobrimentos, Círculo de Leitores, 1994
BETTENCOURT, Francisco Bethencourt e CHAUDURI, Kirti ; História da Expansão Portuguesa, Círculo de Leitores, 1997
BETHENCOURT, Francisco; CURTO, Diogo Ramada, dir.; A Expansão Marítima Portuguesa (1400-1800), Edições 70, 2010
THOMAZ, Luís Filipe R; De Ceuta a Timor,, Difel, 1994
GODINHO, V. Magalhães; Mito e mercadoria. Utopia e prática de navegar. Séc. XIII-XVIII, Difel, 1990
GODINHO, V. Magalhães; Os descobrimentos e a economia mundial, Presença, 1981-1983 (4 vols.)
BARRETO, Luís Filipe ; Caminhos do saber no Renascimento Português. Estudos de história e teoria da cultura, IN-CM , [1985]

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical lessons
We seek that the students accept the problematized presentation of thematics and look out for the answers, starting from adequate elements, such as: tables, graphics, printed documents, which may allow them to ground their hypotheses and to understand historiographical syntheses. Hence, for each theme, we will propose a set of activities related to practical situations’ analysis and interpretation. Tutoring lessons will complement this methodology.

Software

Power point

keywords

Humanities > History > Modern history > Colonial history
Humanities > History > Economic history
Humanities > History > Social history

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	52,00
Bibliographic review	Trabalho escrito	21,00
Written examination	Exame	2,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Tutorial orientation	Frequência das aulas	7
Individual work	Estudo autónomo	80
	Total:	87,00

Eligibility for exams

Class attendance is recommended, since the presented materials will be subject to comment and future evaluation.

Calculation formula of final grade

Exam: 70'% - the students may use a chronology for consult on the exam day.
Paper: 30%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Applicable only in cases foreseen by law.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In cases foreseen by law.

Classification improvement

Classification improvement shall follow the evaluation modalities planned for exams.
The works may be reviewed after a first assessment.