History of the Church in Portugal

Code:

HISTO025

Acronym:

HIPOR

Instance: 2017/2018 - 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	41	HISTO - Study Plan	2	-	6	52	162
			3

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

It is intended to outline the general framework of institutional,  socio-economic and pastoral development of the Church within the Portuguese society from the Middle Ages till the present.

Learning outcomes and competences

Students should be able to use concepts used in the religious and clerical world in a long timeline.  

Working method

Presencial

Program

I: Before Portugal.

1.The spread of Christianity in the Iberian Peninsula (I-IVth century).

2. The arrival of the “barbarians” and the evolution of Christianity in Iberia (V-VIII th century).

3. The Islamic occupation and the Christian Reconquista (VIII-XIth century).

II: The Church in Portugal.

1. The construction of a Portuguese Church (XII-XVth century).

2. The Church during the Portuguese overseas expansion ( XVI-XVII th century).

3. The Portuguese Church between the Restoration and the deployment of Liberalism (XVII-XIXth century).

4. The Church and the Portuguese Constitutional Monarchy (XIXth century to 1910).

5. The Portuguese Church in contemporaneity.

Mandatory literature

Mattoso, José (dir. de); História de Portugal, 8 vols. , Círculo de Leitores, 1992-1995
Serrão, Joel (dir. de); Dicionário de História de Portugal, 6 vols., , Livraria Figueirinhas, 1990 (reedição)
Azevedo, Carlos Moreira (dir. de) ; Dicionário de História Religiosa de Portugal, , 4 vols., Círculo de Leitores, 2000-2001
Serrão, Joel e Marques, A. H. de Oliveira (dir. de); Nova História de Portugal, vols. II, III, IV, V, VII, IX, XI, XII, Editorial Presença, 1987-2002
ALMEIDA, Fortunato de; História da Igreja em Portugal, nova edição preparada e dirigida por Damião Peres, 4 vols., Portucalense Editora/Livraria Civilização – Editora, 1967-1971
Azevedo, Carlos Moreira (dir. de) ; História Religiosa de Portugal, 3 vols. , Círculo de Leitores, 2000-2002
Andrade, António Alberto Banha de (dir de) ; Dicionário de História da Igreja em Portugal, dir. de , 2 vols., Editorial Resistência, 1980-1983

Comments from the literature

Specific references on the various points of the programwill be indicated throughout the semester.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical classes. Tutorial sessions on topics addressed in class. Particular emphasis will be placed on orienting students’ independent study.

keywords

Humanities > History > Medieval history
Humanities > History > Church history
Humanities > History > Contemporary History
Humanities > History > Modern history

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	108,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Final examination. There is no compulsory class attendance, but students are advised to participate on a regular basis in classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final examination (100%).

Examinations or Special Assignments

In accordance with genearl assesment rules. 

Internship work/project

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In accordance with the procedures defined for the assesment in this unit.

Classification improvement

In accordance with general rules.