Early Modern History of Portugal I

Code:

HISTO073

Acronym:

HMODP1

Instance: 2014/2015 - 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	69	HISTO - Study Plan	2	-	6	52	162

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.

Learning outcomes and competences

Provide students with skills to:
1.Compreenderem the political environment that marked the history of Portugal from the late Middle Ages and the beginning of Season Contemporary;
2.Analisar bibliographic materials-documentary that familiar with the scientific research in the Political History of Portugal;
3.Transmitirem the knowledge acquired using the new technologies, reading reports and other mechanisms to be defined by the teacher.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. The boundaries and perception of the national space 2. The political dominance in the territory 3. Local, regional and general description of the kingdom (1597) 4. The boundaries and politics 5. The administrative organisation of the metropolitan area and overseas regions 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 the central powers– Government and public administration 13. The policies of Pombal 14. The reign of D. Maria I

Mandatory literature

BAÑOS-GARCIA, António Villacorta, rev. cient. e pref. Vitor Amaral de Oliveira; D. Sebastião Rei de Portugal , Esfera dos Livros, 2006. ISBN: 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; História de Portugal, 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

Teaching methods and learning activities

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

keywords

Humanities > History > Political history
Humanities > History

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	106,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Total:	162,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Average between the final exam grade and the note of a second component of the assessment to develop classes OT: Final Exam - the score is the average between the first group (obligatory question) and a second group comprising two questions to answer only a (10 marks each group). Second evaluation component in developing lessons OT: Research paper: Development / Presentation (15 elaboration values ​​- values ​​5 presentation).

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)