Historiography of the Middle Ages
Code
722051263
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Bernardo Vasconcelos Sousa
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To characterize the global evolution of the disciplinary tradition
b) To identify the historiographical groups by theme / epoch/ method
c)To identify the subjects and debates of current research
d) To teach the use of online resources of research centres, specialized presses, congresses and seminaries, in order to characterize the current research
e) To teach how to define a study programme in the area/ subject/ conceptual vision of the historiography concerning the Middle Ages, comprising the state of the art and the debate of future research
f) To teach methods of written and oral exposition of the scientific research
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
1. Formation and evolution of the concept of Middle Ages\"
2. Academic settings of medieval studies in Europe and in America.
3. The Historiography of Medieval Portugal
4. Main challenges of the present, from institutional settings to the disciplinary boundaries
Bibliography
- Bilan et perspectives des études médiévales en Europe (1993-1998). Actes du deuxième Congrès Européen d´Études Médiévales (Euroconference, Barcelone, 8-12 juin 1999), ed. J. HAMESSE, Lovaina, Brepols, 2003;
- Debating the Middle Ages : Issues and Readings, ed. Lester K. LITTLE and Barbara H. ROSENWEIN, Oxford, Blackwell, 1998;
- The Historiography of Medieval Portugal c. 1950-2010, dir. de José MATTOSO, Lisboa, Instituto de Estudos Medievais, 2011;
- SOUSA, Bernardo Vasconcelos e et BOISSELLIER, Stéphane « Pour un bilan de lhistoriographie sur le Moyen Âge portugais au XXe siècle », Cahiers de Civilisation Médiévale, Poitiers, 49e Année, juillet-septembre 2006, pp. 213-256 ;
-Les tendences actuelles de lhistoriographie du Moyen Âge en France et en Allemagne, dir. de Jean-Claude Schmitt et Otto Gerhard Oexle, Paris, Publications de la Sorbonne, 2003.
Teaching method
- 40% of theoretical classes (oral explanation of the syllabus)
- 60% practical classes (classroom reading, analysis and debate of historiographical texts and historical sources; oral presentations by the students, commented by the teacher)
Evaluation method
An essay (about 20 pages) on an historiographical text and its oral presentatiom in classroom.