Medieval History of Portugal I

Code:

HISTO070

Acronym:

HMEDP1

Instance: 2011/2012 - 1S

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	159	Study Plan - Hist. w/ Minor in Geography	1	-	6	52	162
		Study Plan - History	1	-	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

0. Please note: Political discussion of the Portuguese Middle Age, with special focus on the period 1279-1520, typology of powers and specific analysis of the «multiple powers» of the time.


1. Objectives:

1) To familiarise students with the problem of “splendor /crisis / renovation” in the Political History, on the basis of Portuguese historiography related to the Middle Ages.
2) To familiarise students with specific concepts and basic methods, i.e. political society, prosopography, the Feudal State, the Modern State, etc.
3) To propose and justify a chronology for the main developments occurring in the time frame 1279-1521.
4) To provide students with adequate knowledge about the powers of the king, the secular church, municipalities, their relations and conflicts.
5) To familiarise students with the main resources in the History of the Powers during the periods studied.

Program

1. Introduction: Na approach to the Middle Age through the History of the Powers.

1.1. Tradition in historiography.
1.2. The «new History of Politics».
1.3. Problems of periodicity.

2. «Definition of boundaries» (1096-1279...): creation and consolidation of a kingdom.

2.1. Geography and its consequences in historiography.
2.2. The (long) “dossier” of historiography of the creation of a kingdom.
2.3. Conjunctures: From the Condado de Portucale to the beginning of the Dionysus era.
2.4. Afonso Henriques’ royalty.


3. Feudalism and the «genesis of the political modernity» (...1279-1521).

3.1. MODERN STATE: periodicity or conceptualization?
3.2. Power and powers in the Portuguese Middle Age.

3.2.1. The «multiple power».
3.2.2. The power of the king.
3.2.3. The secular church.
3.2.4. The non-religious aristocracy
3.2.5. The power of the municipalities.
3.2.6. The Court: a place of affronts / articulation of powers.
3.2.7. The war: Political phenomenon / social phenomenon (a new Military History of Medieval Portugal).


4. Conclusion: The second half of the XVI century: old powers and new problems?

Mandatory literature

MATTOSO, José (Dir.); História de Portugal, vols. 1, 2 e 3 , Círculo deLeitores, 1992-1993. ISBN: 972 42 0586 X
MATOS, Artur Teodoro de; CARNEIRO, Roberto (Dir.); Memória de Portugal: o Milénio Português, Círculo de Leitores, 2001. ISBN: 972-42-2594-1
SERRÃO, Joel; MARQUES, A. H. de Oliveira (dir.); Nova História de Portugal, vols. II, III, IV e V, Presença, 1987-1993-1996-1998
MARQUES, A. H. de Oliveira; Guia do Estudante de História Medieval Portuguesa, 3.ª ed.,, Estampa, 1988
MORENO, Humberto Baquero (coord.); História de Portugal Medievo: político e institucional, 2 vols., Universidade Aberta, 1995. ISBN: 972 674 132 7
MARQUES, A. H. de Oliveira; DIAS, João J. Alves; Atlas Histórico de Portugal e do Ultramar Português, Centro de Estudos Históricos / Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2003

Complementary Bibliography

COELHO, Maria Helena da Cruz; História Medieval de Portugal. Guia de Estudo, Universidade Portucalense, 1991
RODRIGUES, António Simões; História de Portugal em datas, Círculo de Leitores, 1994
COELHO, Maria Helena da Cruz; MAGALHÃES, Joaquim Romero; Poder (O) Concelhio: das origens às Cortes Constituintes. Notas da História Social, Centro de Estudos e Formação Autárquica, 1986
GODINHO, Vitorino Magalhães; Portugal: a emergência de uma Nação, Colibri, 2004. ISBN: 972-772-446-9

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures (and discussions) on the themes of the chair; reading and critical discussion of documents and historiography’s texts.

keywords

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

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	39,00
	Exame	2,00		2012-02-17
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

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

Eligibility for exams

Mandatory 75% class attendance, unless established otherwise by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final exam: 100%, except in the cases established in the next paragraph (v.)

Examinations or Special Assignments

Optionally, and for valuation purposes, students can submit a reading report of the following book:

PIZARRO, José Augusto de Sotto Mayor - D. Dinis, Rio de Mouro, Círculo de Leitores, 2005 ISBN 972-42-3483--5

Calculation of final grade applicable to these cases: final exam – 50 %; reading report: 50 %.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

By repeating the final exam during the Resit Period and/or improving the reading report.