History of Early Modern Culture

Code:

HISTO021

Acronym:

HCEMOD

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	History

Instance: 2018/2019 - 2S

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	78	HISTO - Study Plan	2	-	6	52	162
LLC	1	LLC - Monodisciplinary Study Plan	2	-	6	52	162
			3

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- Awareness for the importance of  the Early Modern cultural programs  and  the most striking ideological and spiritual mouvements.
- Motivate students to the application of research procedures and bibliographical selection
- To familiarize the students to review procedures and interpretation of  the most illustrative historical sources related to the issues under review.
- Provide contextual frameworks of cultural and collective sensitivity and cross that knowledge with subjects taught in other disciplines of history of the Early Modern Period.

Learning outcomes and competences

Development of critical analysis. Development  of apacity of analysis and synthesis. Scientific sensibility to issues of multiculturality, levels of culture  and interculturalityAquisition of methodological tools able to analyse and contextualise cultural sources and problematics.

Working method

Presencial

Program

 

I. GLOBAL APPROACHES
1. History of the European culture in the Modern Ages - basic concepts and approach models
1. Culture levels. Relationships between popular culture and elite culture

II. SPECIFIC APPROACHES
1. The Humanism of the Renaissance - the interconnected axes of a cultural program
1.1. Literary program
1.2. Civic intervention model - the anthropological conceptions of Humanism
1.3. Pedagogic program
1.4. Critical intervention – the Utopias of the Renaissance
3.6. Christian humanism
2. Reformation Period
2.1. “Devotio Moderna”
2.2. Protestant Reformation
2.3. Catholic Reformation
3. Scientific thought of the 17th century.
4. Baroque culture or Culture of the Baroque?

Mandatory literature

Chartier, Roger ; A história Cultural . Entre Práticas e Representações, Difel , 1988
Chaunu, Pierre; Tempo das Reformas, Ed. 70, 1993
Delumeau, Jean; A civilização do Renascimento, Estampa, 1984
Duby, Philipe Ariès e George, dir.; História da vida privada. Do Renascimento ao século das Luzes , Afrontamento, 1990
Hazard, Paul; O pensamento europeu no século XVIII, Presença, 1974
Koiré, Alexandre; Do mundo fechado ao universo infinito, Gradiva, s/d
BAJTIN, Mijai; La Cultura Popular en la Edad Media y en el Renacimiento. El Contexto de Rabelais, Alianza Editoria, 1990
MARAVALL, J.A.; La Cultura del Barroco, Ariel, 1983
CABRAL, João; A História Natural de Portugal em Domingos Vandelli, Edições Colibri, 2018. ISBN: 979-989-689-746-8

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical classes: presentation of the major debates on the subjects of the syllabus. Promotion of active debate .  Tutoring lessons will complement this methodology, focusing on the analysis of specific bibliography.
The presence and participation in classes is paramount.

Software

Power point

keywords

Social sciences > Cultural studies > Renaissance studies
Humanities > History > Church history
Humanities > History > Social history
Humanities > History > Modern history

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	70,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
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

Eligibility for exams

75% compulsory class attendance.

Calculation formula of final grade

Exam - 70% Assignment - 30

 1. Both elements of assessment are essential. The UC is not considered complete even if the student obtains a positive rating in the exam.

2. In none of the components the student can obtain values less than 7.5, even though, on average, the classification is positive.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable, except for the cases forseen by law.

Internship work/project

NA

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to current regulations

Classification improvement

For the cases foreseen in the Assessment and Faculty Regulations, for example, students exempted from attending classes, arrangements can be made at the start of the academic year to discuss how assessment will be done, which will consist of the same types of evaluation