Territories, towns and landscapes in the Middle Ages
Code
722051175
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Amélia Aguiar de Andrade
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To acquire aware that the social organization of space, territory and landscape in the Middle Ages is the result of the symbiosis between the deep and complex cultural inheritances received from antiquity and innovative aspects resulting from the assertion of a particular society and a Christian mentality medieval.
b) To acquire theoretical knowledge that enable the student to understand the different aspects that characterize the social organization of space.
c) To get an overview of the social organization of space, territory and landscape attentive to geo-chronological variants and the relationship between structures and conjunctures;
d) To acquire an updated knowledge on different aspects of the social organization of space, territory and landscape in medieval Portugal.
e) To acquire contact with medieval sources appropriate to the study of the social organization of space, territory and landscape.
Prerequisites
n.a
Subject matter
Introduction: Issues and methodologies. The contribution of other social sciences and humanities. The diversity of sources. The Portuguese case. Some operational concepts: territory, town, city and landscape.
1. Space in Middle Ages: variability and variability. Variation of natural factors. Anthropization: Dynamics of occupation and exploitation of natural resources. Mark space: boundaries. Uses and representations.
2. The construction of medieval landscapes: processes, times and experiences. Rural landscapes. Urban landscapes. The experience of landscape. Order and disorder.
3. The medieval territories: continuities and ruptures
Borders. Political territories. administrative territories
Bibliography
Andrade, Amélia Aguiar, A construção medieval do território, Lisboa, Horizonte, 2001
Delort ; Robert ; Walter, François, Histoire de lenvironnement européen, Paris, PUF, 2001 ;
Hoffmann, Richard C., An environmental history of medieval Europe, Cambridge University Press, 2014
The spatial turn, interdisciplinary perspectives, ed.Barney Warf and Santa Arias, Routledge, 2009.
Williamson, Tom, Shaping Medieval landscapes. Settlement, society, environment, Bollington, Windgather Press, 2003.
Teaching method
Lectures of the theoretical contents.
Supervised commentary of bibliography and data.
Supervised oral commentary of various types of documents on class.
Tutorials
Evaluation method
Contents of lectures: elaboration of an individual written comments on a historical source (20%)
Contents of practical classes: oral review of materials such as data, maps, images etc.. (20%)
individual written work based on the use of medieval texts (60%)