History of Medieval Portugal (9th-13th Century)
Code
711051039
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Amélia Aguiar de Andrade
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a)Make the student aware of the importance of factual and political knowledge as the base for the understanding of the social, cultural and economic dinamics which characterize the society in the Middle Ages.
b)Induce theoretical knowledge to the students which will allow them to understand the process which led to the affrimation of Portugal as an independent Kingdom, and to analyse such process in a critical form.
c)Understand how the cultural and religious reforms and innovations influenced political and social events, during these centuries.
d)To explain the social and economic organization of Portugal from the 9th to the 13th centuries and their consequences in the way in which power articulate and structure themselves.
e)Take a major overview of the period between the 9th and the 13th century.
f)Familiarize the students with Portuguese medieval primary sources
Prerequisites
n.a
Subject matter
INTRODUCTION: Bibliography, Sources and Territory
PART I Roman, Germanic and Islamic traditions in the peninsular 9th century
1. Roman tradition: legacies and innovations
4. Germanic tradition: Sueves e Visigoths
5. Islam in the land which would become Portugal
PART II/1 The formation of Portugal during the Reconquest
1. Reconquest and the Ocupation of the Territory: before Portugal
2. Reconquest and the ocupation of the territory: after Portugal political evolution and theoretical consolidation of the Kings Kingdom
PART II/2 The formation of Portugal in the Reconquest
2. Political Structures
3. Powers and Economies
4. Cultural Grounds
Bibliography
História de Portugal (dir. José Mattoso) vol. I Antes de Portugal, (coord. José Mattoso), Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores, 1992
Nova História de Portugal, (dir. Joel Serrão e A. H. Oliveira Marques), v. II - Portugal, das Invasões Germânicas à Reconquista, (coord. A. H. Oliveira Marques), vol. III- Portugal em Definição de Fronteiras (coord. de Maria Helena Coelho e Armando Luís Carvalho Homem) Lisboa, Presença, 1993, 1996
História de España Alfaguarra, (dir. Miguel Artola), vol. 2 - La época Medieval, por José Angel GARCÍA DE CORTAZAR, Madrid, Alianza, 1988 (reedição actualizada)
MATTOSO, José, Identificação de um País, ensaio sobre as origens de Portugal 1096-1325, 5ª ed., 2 vols., Lisboa, 1995.
PICARD, Christophe, Le Portugal Musulman (VIII- XIII siécles) . LOccident dal- Andalus sous la domination islamique, Paris, Maisonneuve & Larouse, 2000.
Teaching method
Lectures of the theoretical contents.
Supervised commentary of bibliography and data.
supervised oral commentary of various types of documents on class.
Evaluation method
The students assessment will be done in three moments: 1) Oral presentation (with power point) on a specific question, based on source materials (25% of the final mark); 2) Abstract of a 20 pp. article on a relevant question (25% of the final mark); written test with consultation (50% of final mark).