History of the Middles Ages
Code
711051129
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
a) Become aware of the wide range of written and unwritten sources mobilized to study the Western Middle Ages and of the main trends of current research on the subject;
b) Develop an effective knowledge of medieval society through an understanding of their political, administrative, social, religious and cultural frameworks;
c) Grasp the outline of the process of affirmation and structure of medieval Europe, between the 5th and 15th centuries;
d) Develop ability to analyze and criticize historical sources foreseeing their scientific use;
e) Develop the capacity of oral and written expression, mobilizing concepts and vocabulary belonging the medieval History
Prerequisites
n.a.
Subject matter
I. Sources and historiography on the period.
II. The political and administrative frameworks
III. Territorial frameworks
IV. Social, economical and material frameworks
Change and Continuity 5th-11th centuries
Consolidation and Change: 12th- 13th centuries
Crisis and change: 14-15th centuries
V. The cultural and religious framework
- The importance of the religious phenomenon and its materiality
- The institutionalization of the education
- The culture of the nobility
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, SCHMITT, Jean-Claude (dir.), Dictionnaire raisonné de lOccident médiéval, Paris, Fayard, 1999.
LINEHAN, Peter, NELSON, Janet (eds.), The medieval World, Londres, Routledge
Teaching method
50% of theoretical classes
50% of practical classes: classroom evaluation
Evaluation method
Elaboration of 2 practical tests in the classroom: commentary of a historiographical text or of a historical source (50%), written examination (50%).
The attendance to practical classes is required for the full-time students; absence will lead to a penalization of 5% to 10% in the final individual mark.