History of the Modern Age
Code
711051130
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 Modern Age.
b)To be able to identify the fundamental political, economical, social and cultural processes which occur in Europe from the XVth to the XVIIIth century.
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d)To know the fundamental bibliography on the subjects and to be able to work with historical documents of the Age.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 rise of the Empires
4. The struggle for European supremacy: the confrontation between the Valois and the Hapsburg dynasties. The Wars in Italy (1494-1559)
5. A new culture: Humanism ad Renaissance
6. The world of religion: Reform and Reforms
7. The Spanish supremacy an thecatholic monarchy of Philip II (1556-1598): Successes and defeats
8. From South to the North: the rise of England and the Netherlands. The case of France.
9. The \"French Europe\": absolutism and cultural supremacy
10. The Enlightenment: Nature and reason. A new cultural geography. The religious change
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
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.
Evaluation method
Two written individual papers; evaluation of oral interventions.