Administrative Structures

Code:

MHP004

Acronym:

EADM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	History

Instance: 2022/2023 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of History, Political and International Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in History and Heritage

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MHP	17	MHP - Study Plan	1	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To understand the evolution of the administrative structures of the Portuguese territory and the articulation between the different powers (both religious and secular) over time.

To comprehend how the information resulting from the process of territorial structuring reached the present time and how it is organized (or not) in public and private archives.

To acquire theoretical and methodological knowledge that allows to respond to individual research projects.

Learning outcomes and competences

Throughout the sessions, it is expected that students gain skills in investigating sources related with administrative structures in temporal and spatial scales, and how to identify and contextualize its caracteritics.

It is therefore expected that students recognise the general features of the administrative strutures in order to understand some of the constraints that shaped the heritage, whether on a national, regional or local scale.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Not aplicable

Program

Mandatory literature

Capela, José Viriato et al. (Coord.) ; O Município Português na História na Cultura e no desenvolvimento Regional, Braga : Universidade do Minho, Instituto de Ciências Sociais, 1998. ISBN: 9729589860
Cunha, Mafalda Soares da e Fonseca, Teresa (Eds.); Os Municípios no Portugal Moderno: Dos Forais Manuelinos às Reformas Liberais, Évora: Publicações do CIDEHUS, 2005
Hespanha, António Manuel; História das Instituições na época medieval e moderna, Coimbra: Almedina, 1982
Hespanha, António Manuel ; As vésperas do Leviathan. Instituições e Poder Político em Portugal no Século XVII, Coimbra: Almedina, 1994
César Oliveira; História dos municípios e do Poder Local. ISBN: 972-756-071-3
Silveira, Luís Nuno Espinha da; Território e poder. ISBN: 972-744-021-5

Complementary Bibliography

Caetano, Marcelo; Estudos de História da Administração Pública Portuguesa, Coimbra: Coimbra Editora, 1994
Homem, António Pedro Barbas ; O Espírito das Instituições. Um Estudo de História do Estado, Coimbra: Almedina., 2006

Comments from the literature

Throughout the sessions, specific bibliography will be indicated for each theme.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes, supported by laboratorial tasks (bibliography, documents, and research) involving student participation. 
In the scope of the themes of the curricular unit, several sources and bibliography will be used to be criticized and worked on by the students, having in consideration the development and follow-up of themes of potential research works.

keywords

Social sciences > Political sciences > Governance
Humanities > History > Modern history
Humanities > History > Social history
Humanities > History > Political history
Humanities > Information science > Archivistics

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	65,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	15,00
Trabalho laboratorial	20,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	65,00
Frequência das aulas	25,00
Trabalho de investigação	52,00
Trabalho laboratorial	14,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	6,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

75% compulsory class attendance.

Calculation formula of final grade

Written essay -65%
Lab work (research) -20%
Discussion- 15%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Internship work/project

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

Reformulating/reviewing written work.