Spaces and powers in Middle Ages
Code
711051141
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Amélia Aguiar de Andrade, Maria João Violante Branco
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To know the main issues related with spaces and powerss studies and their interrelations
b) Promote the capacity for critical analysis through the study of some of the dynamics and historical processes that involve either spaces or powers, or both
c) analyze specific cases of medieval Portuguese reality in which the two strands are particularly significant in the analysis
d) Encourage the production of one independent practical work, through which the knowledge and skills acquired throughout the semester can be apply and integrate.
Prerequisites
n.a.
Subject matter
Introduction
Module 1 -
- The Powers
- The Spaces
- The relationship between the spaces and the powers
Module 2 - Workshop introduction to research
Bibliography
BISSON, Th. C., Cultures of Power. Lordship, Status and Process in Twelfth century Europe, Philadelphia, University of Pensilvania Press, 1995;
BOURDIEU, P., O Poder Simbólico,(trad. Fernando Tomaz ; rev. Fernando Portugal), 2ªed, Lisboa, Difel, 1989;
LEROY, Beatrice, Sociedades e Poderes Políticos na Península Ibérica Medieval (sécs. XIV XV), Lisboa, Pub. Europa- América, 2001;
Topographies of power in the early middle ages, ed. Mayke de JONG e Frans THEUWS, Leiden, 2001;
Medieval practices of space, eds Barbara A. HANAWALT e Michel KOBIALKA, Minneapolis/London, University of Minnesota Press, 2000;
Teaching method
Lectures
Supervised commentary of bibliography and data.
Tutorials
Evaluation method
Written personal research essay based on published data(80%). Mandatory participation in the workshop (10 classes): 20%
Note: Students with the status of worker-student perform a set of activities through the Moodle platform to replace the mandatory class participation workshop