Political History of Portugal in the Middle Ages

Code:

HISTO048

Acronym:

HPMEDP

Instance: 2010/2011 - 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
HISTO	11	Study Plan - Hist. w/ Minor in Geography	3	-	6	-
		Study Plan - History	2	-	6	-
			3

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Aims:

Foreword: A proposed political reading of the Portuguese Middle Ages, with particular focus on the period 1279-1520, and a proposal for a typology of powers and a specific study of the “multiple powers” of that time.

1) Familiarise students with the issue of “splendour/crisis/renovation” of Political History, taking into account Portuguese Historiography during the Middle Ages.
2) Familiarise students with certain basic concepts and methods, e.g., political society, prosopography, Modern State …
3) Propose a chronology for the key events (1279-1521) and justify it properly.
4) Under the plurality of powers in the Middle Ages, provide students with essential knowledge about the royal, secular ecclesiastic, secular municipal and seigniorial powers, and their inter-relations and conflicts.
5) Familiarise students with some essential sources for the History of Powers.

Program

1. Introduction: An approach to the Portuguese Middle Ages according to the History of Powers.
1.1. Historiographical traditions.
1.2. The "new political History”.
1.3. Periodisation issues.

2. “Establishing the borders” (1096-1279...): formation and consolidation of a kingdom.
2.1. Geographical frameworks and historiographical consequences.
2.2. The (long) historiographical "file" in the formation of a kingdom.
2.3. Contexts: from the beginnings of the county of Portugal to the dawn of King Dinis’s time.

3. Late feudal systems and the “origins of political modernity” (...1279-1521).
3.1. MODERN STATE: Periodisation or conceptualisation?
3.2. Power and authority in the Portuguese late-Middle Ages.
3.2.1. The “multiple power”.
3.2.2. The royal power.
3.2.3. The secular church.
3.2.4. The secular aristocracy
3.2.5. Municipal powers.
3.2.6. The Courts: a place of confrontation / articulation of powers.
3.2.7. The war: political phenomenon / social phenomenon (for a new Military History of Medieval Portugal).

4. Conclusion: the second quarter of the 16th century: old powers and new problems?

MAIN LITERATURE

1. Study guides
COELHO (Maria Helena da Cruz), História Medieval de Portugal. Guia de Estudo, Porto, Universidade Portucalense, 1991.
MARQUES (A. H. de Oliveira), Guia do Estudante de História Medieval Portuguesa, 3.ª ed., Lisboa, Estampa, 1988.

2. Textbook
MORENO (Humberto Baquero) [coord.], DUARTE (Luís Miguel), AMARAL (Luís Carlos) e FERREIRA (Maria da Conceição Falcão), História de Portugal Medievo: político e institucional, 2 vols., Lisboa, Universidade Aberta, 1995.

3. Atlas
MARQUES (A. H. de Oliveira) e DIAS (João J. Alves), Atlas Histórico de Portugal e do Ultramar Português, Lisboa, Centro de Estudos Históricos / Universidade Nova, 2003.

4. Chronology
Uma cronologia
RODRIGUES (António Simões) [Coord.] et al., História de Portugal em datas, Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores, 1994.

5. Collective works
COELHO (Maria Helena da Cruz) e MAGALHÃES (Joaquim Romero), Poder (O) Concelhio: das origens às Cortes Constituintes. Notas da História Social, Coimbra, CEFA, 1986.
História de Portugal, dir. José MATTOSO, 1.º vol.: Antes de Portugal, coord. J. MATTOSO; 2.º vol.: Monarquia (A) Feudal, coord. J. MATTOSO; 3.º vol.: No Alvorecer da Modernidade (1480-1620), coord. Joaquim Romero MAGALHÃES, Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores, 1992-1993-1993.
Memória de Portugal: o Milénio Português, dir. Roberto CARNEIRO e Artur Teodoro de MATOS, Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores, 2001, pp. 2-317.
Nova História de Portugal, dir. Joel SERRÃO e A. H. de Oliveira MARQUES, vol. II. Portugal das Invasões Germânicas à “Reconquista”, coord. A. H. de Oliveira MARQUES, Lisboa, Presença, 1993; vol. III. Portugal em definição de fronteiras (1096-1325). Do Condado Portucalense à Crise do século XIV, coord. Maria Helena da Cruz COELHO e Armando Luís de Carvalho HOMEM, Lisboa, Presença, 1996; vol. IV. Portugal na Crise dos séculos XIV e XV, por A. H. de Oliveira MARQUES, Lisboa, Presença, 1987; vol V. Portugal do Renascimento à Crise Dinástica, coord. João José Alves DIAS, Lisboa, Presença, 1998.

6. Study of issues
GODINHO (Vitorino Magalhães), Portugal: a emergência de uma Nação, Lisboa, Colibri /Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova, 2004.

Mandatory literature

CARNEIRO, Roberto; MATOS, Artur Teodoro de (Coord.);; Memória de Portugal. O Milénio Português, Círculo de Leitores, Lisboa, 2001. ISBN: 972-42-2594-1
MATTOSO, José (Dir.); História de Portugal, 1. Antes de Portugal, 2. Monarquia (A) feudal (1096-1325), 3. No Alvorecer da Modernidade, 1480_1620(, Circulo de Leitores, Lisboa, 1992 1993 1993. ISBN: 972 42 0586 X
GODINHO, Vitorino Magalhães; Portugal: A emergência de uma Nação (das origens a 1480), Colibri, Lisboa, 2004. ISBN: 972-772-446-9
SERRAO, Joel MARQUES, A. H. de Oliveira, Dir.; Nova Historia de Portugal, 2. Das invasoes germanicas a "Reconquista", 3. Portugal em definiçao de fronteiras. Do Condado Portucalense a crise do seculo XIV, 1096_1325, 4. Portugal na crise dos seculos XIX e XV, 5. Portugal do Renascimento a crise dinastica , Presença, Lisboa, 1993 1996 1987 1998
MORENO, Humberto Baquero (coord.), DUARTE, Luis Miguel, AMARAL, Luis C. C. Ferreira do, FERREIRA Conceiçao Falcao; Historia de Oortugal Medievo _ politico e i nstitucional, 2 vols., Universidade Aberta, Lisboa, 1995. ISBN: 972 674 132 7

Complementary Bibliography

COELHO, Maria Helena da Cruz, MAGALHAES, Joaquim Romero; O Poder concelhio, das origens as Cortes Constituintes. Notas da Historia Social , Centro de Estudos e Formaçao Autarquica, Coimbra, 1986

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical explanation (and discussion) of programme topics; reading and critical review of document sources.

keywords

Humanities > History > Medieval history
Humanities > History > History of law
Humanities > History > Political history
Humanities > History > History of social sciences
Humanities > History > Social history
Humanities > History > Church history

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	39,00
	Exame	2,00		2011-07-15
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Frequência das aulas	13	2011-07-15
	Estudo autónomo	108	2011-07-15
	Total:	121,00

Eligibility for exams

75% class attendance, unless established otherwise by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final exam: 100 %.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.

Classification improvement

By repeating the final exam.