History of Town Councils and Municipalism

Code:

HISTO038

Acronym:

HCMUN

Instance: 2018/2019 - 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	16	HISTO - Study Plan	2	-	6	52	162
			3

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- Identify the evolution of the Portuguese municipal institutions, since the formation of the kingdom of Portugal to the XX century.

- Identify the chronology and the geographic location of the different contents.

- Interpret written documents, graphic and cartographic information related with the history of the municipalities.

Learning outcomes and competences

- Know the main vectors of the problems associated with research on History of Municipalism.

- Being able to work with literature on the subjects addressed and identify the prospects most exploited in recent years.

- Apply knowledge obtained in concrete situations that involve an historical perspective on the Portuguese municipalism.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Origins: municipal communities and genesis of a kingdom.

2. Royal power / municipal power.

3. The evolution since the 'neighbors'democracies' to the elites constitued by some citizens.

4. The municipal context: reform and reforms (legislative body).

5. Local elites: statutes and social recruiting (noble people of governance).

6. Municipal government: organs, skills and performances.

7. The administrative reforms and municipalist ideology: from theLiberalism to the Republic.

Mandatory literature

CAETANO, Marcelo; A administração municipal de Lisboa durante a 1ª dinastia (1179-1383), 3ª edição , Lisboa: Horizonte, 1990
COELHO, Maria Helena da Cruz; Concelhos. In Nova História de Portugal, dir. A. H. Oliveira Marques, vol. III, Lisboa: Ed. Presença, 1996, p. 554-584.. ISBN: ISBN 972-23-2039-4
COELHO, Maria Helena da Cruz ; Relações de domínio no Portugal concelhia de meados de quatrocentos, Coimbra : Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra, Instituto de História Económica e Social , 1990
Marques, José; A^administração municipal de Vila do Conde em 1466
Costa, Paula Pinto; Os^forais de Pinhel. ISBN: 978-972-99318-7-1
COELHO, Maria Helena da Cruz e MAGALHÃES, Joaquim Romero de ; O poder concelhio: das origens às cortes constituintes. Notas da história social , Coimbra: Centro de Estudos e Formação Autárquica, 1986
OLIVEIRA, César de (Coord.); História dos Municípios e do Poder Local dos finais da Idade Média à União Europeia , Temas e Debates, 1996. ISBN: ISBN 972-759-071-3

Teaching methods and learning activities

- Lectures with display of the main contents of the program.

- Analysis and interpretation of some documentary sources.

- Tutorial orientation of the work developed by the students.

Software

Power point

keywords

Humanities > History

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	60,00
Participação presencial	10,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	71,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Trabalho de investigação	35,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Students are admitted to exams provided that the conditions established in the Assessment Regulations are met: mandatory 75% attendance of planned classes, unless established otherwise by law. Attendance will be monitored by means of attendance records.

Calculation formula of final grade

Exam - 60%

Report - 30%

Participation in the classes (presentation of the report) - 10%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.

Internship work/project

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.

Classification improvement

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.

The report can't be improved.

Observations

The students who will submit to the special exame at september should contact the teacher before the exame.