Medieval Portuguese History (13th-15th Century)
Code
711051040
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Bernardo Vasconcelos Sousa
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a)To be able to relate different special and temporal features of the History of medieval Portugal, XIIIth-XVth centuries
b)To be able to identify the fundamental political, economical, social and cultural processes which occur in Portugal in the
XIIIth, XIVth and XVth centuries
c)To know the main historiographycal interpretations of the studied subjects
d)To know the fundamental bibliography on the subjects and to be able to work with historical documents of the age
e)To develop oral and written communication ability, by using specialized vocabulary and conceptual categories of the
Middle Age
f)To acquire the necessary knowledge to be able to proceed to more profound and complex research on the Middle Age
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1.Population and Society
1.1.Distribution and evolution of population
1.2.New material conditions
1.3.Town and country
2.Royalty and kingdom the dynasty of Bourgogne, 1248-1383
2.1.Afonso III, o Bolonhês
2.2.King Dinis and the rival powers
2.3.Social crisis and political reforms with Afonso IV
2.4.Pedro I and the Castilian winds
2.5.From the economic and social crisis to the dynastic crisis with Fernando I
3. The beginning and the consolidation of the dynasty of Avis
3.1.João I bastard, master and king
3.2.A new age? From king Duarte to the battle of Alfarrobeira
3.3.The beginning of the oversea expansion
Bibliography
MATTOSO, José (dir.), História de Portugal, vol. II A Monarquia feudal (1096-1480), coord. José MATTOSO, Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores, 1993.
MATTOSO, José, Identificação de um País. Oposição, vol. 2 de Obras Completas de José Mattoso, Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores, 2001 e Identificação de um País. Composição, vol. 3 de Obras Completas de José Mattoso, Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores, 2001.
SERRÃO, Joel e MARQUES, A.H. de Oliveira (dir.), Nova História de Portugal, vol. III Portugal em definição de fronteiras. Do Condado Portucalense à Crise do século XIV, coord. Maria Helena da Cruz COELHO e Armando Luís de Carvalho HOMEM, Lisboa, Editorial Presença, 1996.
SERRÃO, Joel e MARQUES, A.H. de Oliveira (dir.), Nova História de Portugal, vol. IV Portugal na Crise dos Séculos XIV e XV, de A. H. de Oliveira Marques, Lisboa, Editorial Presença, 1987.
SARAIVA, José Hermano (dir.), História de Portugal, vol. III, Lisboa, Edições Alfa, 1983
Teaching method
60% of theoretical classes (oral explanation of the syllabus) and 40% of practical classes (analysis of historiographical texts and historical documents with the participation of the students).
Evaluation method
Two written tests in classroom (50% each one, for the final evaluation) and the oral participation of the students.