Principles of Medieval History

Code:

MHMR005

Acronym:

FHM

Instance: 2010/2011 - 1S

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

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MFIL	2	MFIL - Study Plan	1	-	10	-
MHMR	6	Study Plan- Medieval and Renaissance Studies	1	-	10	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This interdisciplinary seminar seeks to familiarize students with some of the classical works of medieval historiography as well as to complement this view with a better knowledge of the state of the art in fields such as history of language and culture, history of science and art history.

Program

1. Presentation of major issues and concepts of the Middles Ages.

2. Analysis of the timeline of the Middle Ages including various dimensions.

3. Main works of European and Portuguese medieval historiography.

Mandatory literature

Carlos Moreira Azevedo, dir.; História Religiosa de Portugal, Círculo de Leitores, 2000
M.H. Cruz Coelho; A.L. Carvalho Homem, coord.; Portugal em definição de fronteiras (1096-1325). Do Condado Portucalense à Crise do Seculo XIV, Presença, 1996
Georges Duby; O Tempo das Catedrais, Editorial Estampa, 1993. ISBN: 972-33-0932-7
Paul Fouracre et al.; The New Cambridge Medieval History, Cambridge University Press, 1998-2005
Garcia de Cortázar, J.A.; Sesma Muñoz, J. A.; Historia de la Edad Media. Una síntesis interpretativa., Alianza Editorial, 1998. ISBN: 9788420649030
A.H. de Oliveira Marques; Portugal na Crise dos Séculos XIV e XV., Presença, 1987
José Mattoso, dir.; História de Portugal, Editorial Estampa, 1997. ISBN: 972-33-1261-1
Joel Serrao, dir.; Dicionário de História de Portugal, Livraria Figueirinhas, 1985

Complementary Bibliography

Jacques le Goff; A Civilização do Ocidente Medieval, Editorial Estampa, 1995. ISBN: 9789723309904

Teaching methods and learning activities

Seminars with distribution or prior indication of texts and books for debate. Presentation of student papers and reviews on a regular basis.

keywords

Humanities > History > Medieval history
Humanities > History > Art History
Humanities > Philosophy
Humanities > Literature > European literature > Romance literatures > Portuguese literature

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	90,00
Written Papers.	Trabalho escrito			2011-02-12
One book review and one paper review, both discussed in the Seminar.	Trabalho escrito			2011-02-11
	Trabalho escrito	180,00		2011-02-11
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.

Calculation formula of final grade

Participation in the seminars : 20%
Written reports: 80%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

Not applicable