Medieval History (5th-11th Century)
Code
711051058
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Maria João Violante Branco
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
Learning objectives:
a)Familiarize the students with the historiographical problems which cross the period under study
b)Provide the necessary elements for the students to understand and interiorize the main events and the most important facts and problematics concerning the nuclear themes being studied
c)Develop a critical thinking on the problems addressed
d)Promote oral and written critical work
General skills:
During the course, students must be able to
master the studied contents and subjects;
analyze, interpret and synthesize data, themes and issues concerning the medieval period in the West from the 5th to the 11th centuries
understand and interiorize historical facts and processes as elements of wider issues, and to integrate them in broader contexts and perspectives
critically comment on direct sources.
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
THEME 1: THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES: CONCEPTS AND QUESTIONS
THEME 2: THE BIRTH OF EUROPE?
Topic 1. Rome and the Barbarians: tradition and innovation?
Topic 2. \"Carolingian Europe\": the political construct
Topic 3. Carolingian Europe: society and economy
Topic 4. Carolingian Europe: culture and religion
Topic 5. The Translatio Imperii
THEME 3: THE YEAR 1000
Topic 1. The Revolution of the Year 1000: Myth and Reality
Topic 2. The Feudal question. Seigneurie and segneurial modes
Topic 3. Agriculture and Rural Exploration
Topic 4. Urban Life and Economy
Topic 5. Ecclesiastical Reform: The rise of the Papacy
THEME 4 EXPANSION OF THE CHRISTIAN WEST
Topic 1. The Universities and the rebirth of the Law
Topic 2. Popes, Emperors and Kings: the new deal
Topic 3. The early Crusades
Bibliography
-BALLARD, Michel, GENET, Jean-Philippe, ROUCHE, Michel, A Idade Média no Ocidente, dos Bárbaros ao Renascimento, Lisboa, Ed. D. Quixote, 1994.
-CLARAMUNT, S., PORTELA, E., GONZÁLEZ, M & MITRE, E, Historia de la Edad Media, 2ª ed, 5ª reimpr., Barcelona, Ariel Historia, 2003
-DUBY, Georges, A Europa na Idade Média, Lisboa, Teorema, 1989
- LE GOFF, Jacques, As raízes medievais da Europa, Petrópolis, Vozes, 2007.
- LE GOFF, Jacques, SCHMITT, Jean-Claude (dir.), Dictionnaire raisonné de lOccident médiéval, Paris, Fayard, 1999.
LINEHAN, Peter, NELSON, Janet (eds.), The medieval World, Londres, Routledge, 2001.
Teaching method
Formal lectures and practical classes, in which the combination of lectures and debate on primary sources and recent articles may develop in the students not only the necessary basic knowledge, but also specific competences in debating and updating their perspectives on the Medieval World of the 5th-11th centuries and its sources.
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 or the production of a critical commented bibliography on a topic of the programme (25% of the final mark); written test with consultation (50% of final mark).