Political History of Portugal in the Early Modern Period

Code:

HISTO049

Acronym:

HPMODP

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	20	Study Plan - Hist. w/ Minor in Geography	3	-	6	-
		Study Plan - History	2	-	6	-
			3

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Provide students with the skills to:
1. Understand the political environment that marked the History of Portugal from the late Middle Ages to the early Modern Era;
2. Analyse bibliography-document sources to be familiarised with scientific research on the political history of Portugal;
3. Convey the knowledge learned using the new technologies, reading reports and other mechanisms defined by the lecturer.

Program

1. The boundaries and perception of the national space
2. The political dominance in the territory
3. From the local and regional descriptions to the general description of the kingdom (1597)
4. The boundaries and politics
5. The administrative organisation of the metropolitan area and overseas space
6. Royal centralism and the unifying political structures
7. The strands of Portuguese politics from D. João II to D. Sebastião
8. The legal issue in the dynastic crisis
9. Portugal under the rule of Kings Filipe I, II and III
10. Filipe II of Spain, King of Portugal
11. 1640 - The restoration policy
12. Absolute power and central powers– Government and public administration
13. The policies of Pombal
14. The reign of D. Maria I

Mandatory literature

António Villacorta Baños-Garcia trad. , rev. cient. e pref. Vitor Amaral de Oliveira; D. Sebastião Rei de Portugal , Esfera dos Livros, 2006. ISBN: 989-626-016-8
HESPANHA, A. M. ; As vésperas do Leviathan. Instituições e poder político. Portugal séc. XVII, ed. Autor, 1986
MARQUES, A.H. Oliveira ; História de Portugal, Lisboa, Pallas, , 1982
MARQUES, A.H. Oliveira (dir) - (vol. V direcção de João Alves Dias).; Nova História de Portugal , Lisboa, Ed. Presença, , 1998
MATTOSO, José (dir) - , 1994 (vol. III direcção de Romero Magalhães; vol.IV de A.M.Hespanha); História de Portugal, vol. III e IV , Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores/Estampa, 1994
OLIVEIRA, António de; Movimentos Sociais e Poder em Portugal no Século XVII, Coimbra, Instituto de História Económica e Social, 2002
POLÓNIA, Amélia; D. Henrique <>cardeal-rei , Mem Martins, Círculo de Leitores, 2005. ISBN: 972-42-3586-6
RAMOS, Luís António de Oliveira; D. Maria I, Mem Martins, Círculo de Leitores, 2007. ISBN: 978-972-42-3901-9
MACEDO, J. Borges de; Problemas de História da Indústria Portuguesa no séc. XVIII, Querco, 1982
RAMOS, Luís A, de Oliveira; Sob o signo das "Luzes", col. Temas Portugueses, Lisboa, Imprensa Nacional - Casa da Moeda, 1988

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theory-practical classes. In practical tutorials, the work assigned to students in this course subject will be supervised, assessed and discussed.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	52,00
Estimativa	Trabalho escrito	25,00		2011-06-30
Exame	Exame	2,00		2011-07-31
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Estimativa	Frequência das aulas	7	2010-06-30
Estimativa	Estudo autónomo	76	2011-07-31
	Total:	83,00

Eligibility for exams

75% attendance of theory-practical classes and tutorials.

Calculation formula of final grade

Average between the final exam grade and a further assessment component to be done in tutorials:
Final exam - the grade corresponds to the average between a first section (30 multiple choice questions) and a second section consisting of a compulsory open question. (10 marks for each section)
Second assessment component to be done in tutorials: research assignment: Drafting/Presentation (15 marks for drafting - 5 marks for presentation) = 50 % for each assessment component.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Second assessment component to be done in tutorials: research assignment: Drafting/Presentation

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In accordance with the decisions of the Teaching Standards Committee

Classification improvement

By taking one of the assessment components (final exam or research assignment)