Political History of the Middle Ages

Code:

HISTO051

Acronym:

HPEMED

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	History

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	94	HISTO - Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162
LLC	6	LLC - Monodisciplinary Study Plan	2	-	6	52	162
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Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The general evolution - threw a critical way and from a comparative historiographical point of view - the political history and the political structures of the East Europe, since the fall of the Roman Empire to the appearance of the modern state

Learning outcomes and competences

- Make relations between events, timelines and circumstancies.

- Interpret and contextualize authors, documents and texts.

- Analyze and discuss different historiographical interpretations in this area.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. THE BEGINNING OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION

1.1. The change from the ancient to the medieval world. The barbarian invasions and the appearance of the first West kingdoms.

1.2. The organization and fall of the Carolingian Europe.

2. THE CENTURIES OF THE CHRISTIANITY

2.1. Power in Europe. Peace, Christianity and temporal power.

2.2. Politics from the XI century to the beginning of the XIV century: 1 – The church and the empire (mid-11th century to 1175). The Gregorian reform.

2.3 Political life from the 11th century to the beginning of the 14th century. The cycle of the advent of the monarchies (1175 to the beginning of the 14th century). The reconquest in the Iberian Peninsula.

3. THE 14TH AND 15TH CENTURIES

3.1. The crisis of the 14th century.

3.2. Political structures.

3.3. Political life (mid-14th century to 15th century). The wars to dominate parts of the world: the Atlantic and the Western Mediterranean. The Hundred Years War and the problem of Italy.

3.4 Political life (mid-14th century to 15th century). Political evolution in Castile and the Aragon Crown.

Mandatory literature

ÁLVAREZ PALENZUELA, Vicente (Coord.); Historia Universal de la Edad Media, Ariel, 2002
BALARD, Michel (et alii); A Idade Média no Ocidente: dos Bárbaros ao Renascimento, D.Quixote, 1994
CLARAMUNT, Salvador (et alii); Historia de la Edad Media, Ariel, 1992
FONSECA, Luís Adão da; La Cristiandad Medieval, EUNSA, 1984
GUENÉE, Bernard; L'Occident aux XIV.e et XV.e Siècles - Les États, Presses Universitaires de France, 1989
McKITTERICK, Rosamond; The Early Middle Ages. Short Oxford History of Europe, Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN: 0-19-873172-8
PACAUT, M.; Les Structures Politiques de l'Occident Médiéval, Armand Colin, 1969
POWER, Daniel; The Central Middle Ages. Short Oxford History of Europe, Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN: 0-19-925312-9
STRAYER, Joseph R.; As Origens Medievais do Estado Moderno, Gradiva

Complementary Bibliography

BONASSIE, Pierre; Dicionário de História Medieval, Publicações Dom Quixote, 1985
PRESTWICH, Michael; Plantagenet England (1225-1360), Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-19-822844-8
VIDAL-NAQUET, Pierre et BERTIN, Jacques (Dir.); Atlas Histórico, Círculo de Leitores, 2007

Teaching methods and learning activities

In the Theoretical-pratical classes critical exposition of the programatical contents.

In the Tutorial classes the analyzis and exploitation of some documents and data (maps, genalogies).

keywords

Humanities > History > Medieval history
Humanities > History > Political 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

Students are admitted to exams provided that the conditions established in the Assessment Regulations are met.

Calculation formula of final grade

Exam: 100%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.

Classification improvement

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.