Early Modern History (15th-16th Century)
Code
711051062
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Ana Isabel Buescu
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a)To be able to relate diferent spacial and temporal features of European History in the Early Modern Age
b)To be able to identify the fundamental political, economical, social and cultural processes which occur in XVth and XVIth
Europe
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d)To know the fundamental bibliography on the subjects and to be able to work with historical documents of the age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 specializes vocabulary and conceptual categories of the
Modern Age
f) To acquire the necessary knowledge to be able to proceed to more profound and complex research on the Modern Age
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1. Europe in 15th and 16th centuries: demography, economy and society
2. Origins and development of the Modern States
3. The great monarchies in the 16th century: France, Spain, England
4. The divided countries: Germany and Italy
5. The struggle for European supremacy: the confrontation between the Valois and the Hapsburg dynasties. The Wars in Italy (1494-1559)
6. The rising of the Empires: the Empire of Charles V (1519-1558) and the Otoman Empire
7. The Europe of the borders: Poland, Scandinavia and Russia
8. Protagonists: Charles V and the idea of an universal empire. The catholic monarchy of Philip II (1556-1598): Successes and defeats
9. The insurrection in the Low-Countries (1566-1609)
10. Wars of Religion in France (1562-1598)
11. 1598 the end of a century, the end of an era.
Bibliography
CAMERON, Euan (coord.) O século XVI (História da Europa Oxford), Porto, Fio da Palavra Editores, 2009
QUATAERT, Donald O Império otomano. Das origens ao século XX, Lisboa, Edições 70, 2008, pp. 13-58
SALMANN, Jean-Michel Géopolitique du XVIe siècle. 1498-1618, Paris, Seuil, 2003, pp. 211-285
CARPENTIER, Jean e LEBRUN, François História da Europa, 3ª edição, Lisboa, Editorial Estampa, 2002
HALE, John A Civilização Europeia no Renascimento, Lisboa, Presença, 2000, pp. 21-178
TENENTI, Alberto La formación del mundo moderno. Siglos XIV-XVII, Barcelona, Ed. Crítica, 1985
MORINEAU, Michel O Século XVI. 1492-1610, Lisboa, D. Quixote, 1980
CORVISIER, André O Mundo Moderno, Lisboa, Edições Ática, 1976, pp. 5-167
LAPEYRE, Henri Les monarchies européennes du XVIe siècle. Les relations internationales, Paris, PUF, 1973 (cap. I-III)
Teaching method
The classes are both theoretical (70%) and practical (30%). The first consist of the the exposition, point by point, of the subjects of the Program. The practical classes consist on the analysis and commentary of written documents, iconography and historiographical texts with the active participation of the students, as well as an individual oral presentation on a subject previously chosen.
Evaluation method
Two written individual tests;
evaluation of oral interventions; one individual oral presentation on a representative personality or major event of the XVt
and XVth centuries