Ecclesiastic Institutions

Code:

MHMR006

Acronym:

IECL

Instance: 2010/2011 - 2S

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	8	Study Plan- Medieval and Renaissance Studies	1	-	10	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

1. To familiarise students with the latest scientific discoveries and still unsolved problems related with the programme's topics.
2. To foster good working practices, thinking and scientific debates.

Program

1. Introduction: scientific and bibliographic review
a. investigation centres and programmes about the topic
b. main sources for the study of the topic
2. Material conditions
a. Establishment and evolution of the diocese organization
b. the monastic world
c. heritage
3. Ecclesiastic culture: monastic and Episcopal schools; the scriptoria; books

4. The presence of the ecclesiastics in society
a. ecclesiastic relationships/ urban elite
b. ecclesiastic relationships/ monarchy

Mandatory literature

GONÇALVES, Iria; O Património do Mosteiro de Alcobaça nos séculos XIV e XV, Lisboa: Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1999
BRANCO, Maria João Violante; Poder real e eclesiásticos, a evolução do conceito de soberania régia e a sua relação com a praxis política de Sancho I e Afonso II , Lisboa: Univ. Aberta, 1999 (policopiada)
VENTURA, Margarida Garcês; Igreja e poder no séc. XV : dinastia de Avis e liberdades eclesiásticas (1383-1450). (Colibri história ; 16 ) , Lisboa: Colibri, 1997
MATTOSO, José; Portugal Medieval. Novas interpretações, Lisboa: IN/CM, 1984
MATTOSO, José; Le monachisme ibérique et Cluny : les monastères du diocèse de Porto de l'an mille à 1200, Louvain : Université de Louvain, 1968
AMARAL, Luís Carlos; Formação e desenvolvimento do domínio da Diocese de Braga no período da Reconquista (séc. IX-1137), Porto, 2006 (policopiada)
COSTA, Antonio Domingues de Sousa; Mestre Silvestre e Mestre Vicente juristas na contenda de D..Afonso II e suas irmãs, Braga, 1963
COSTA, Avelino de Jesus da; O Bispo D. Pedro e a organização da Diocese de Braga, vol. I e II, Braga, 1992
MARQUES, José; O poder real e a Igreja em Portugal na Baixa Idade Média . Sep. de: Jornadas sobre Instituições Castelhanas e Portuguesas, na Baixa Idade Média, p. 7-52, Braga, 1995
CUNHA, Maria Cristina Almeida; A Chancelaria arquiepiscopal de Braga (1071-1244), Noia, Ed. Toxosotos, 2005
SARAIVA, Anisio Miguel Sousa; A Sé de Lamego na primeira metade do século XIV, Leiria: Ed. Magno, 2003
VILAR, Herminia Vasconcelos; As dimensões de um poder: a diocese de Évora na Idade Média, Ed. Estampa, 1999
MARQUES, José; A arquidiocese de Braga no século XV, IN-CM, 1988

Teaching methods and learning activities

Seminars focusing on the exposition of the topic, the state of the art in research and the big unsolved problems.
Debates focused on sources, books and articles previously indicated.

keywords

Humanities > History > Medieval history
Humanities > History > Economic history
Humanities > History > Social history

Evaluation Type

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	45,00
	Trabalho escrito	45,00		2011-07-15
	Trabalho laboratorial	90,00		2011-07-15
	Exame	5,00		2011-07-15
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	85	2011-07-15
	Total:	85,00

Eligibility for exams

75% of attendance

Calculation formula of final grade

Written Report- 80%
Participation in the seminars- 20%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.