Portugal and Spain in the Late Modern Era
Code
722051287
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Luís Espinha da Silveira
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
To Know the chronology of the history of Portugal and Spain from the early nineteenth century to the first decades of the twentieth century;
To understand the political conjunctures of the history of the two countries;
To be able to address the history of Portugal and Spain from a comparative and transnational perspective
To understand the position of Portugal and Spain in the context of the European process of economic and social modernization;
To Know the main historians and the works written about both countries in this historical era;
To develop analytical and critical reflection skills;
To develop the ability to expose the learning outcomes both orally and in writing.
Prerequisites
Not applicable
Subject matter
The Iberian Peninsula as a field for historical analysis. Comparative and Transnational History
- The construction of the Iberian states. The border between Portugal and Spain
States and nations
Political conjunctures in the Late Modern Era.
- The Napoleonic invasions. The Cadiz Cortes. The constitution of 1812
- Vintismo and Triénio Liberal
- Miguelismo and Carlismo
- The foundation of the liberal regime: the political movements; constitutional systems; territorial organization; revolutionary legislation. The liberal regime, the traditional nobility and the Church
- The Sexénio Revolucionário; the Iberism
- The Spanish Restoration and the Portuguese Regeneration
- The crises of the late nineteenth century in the colonial, identity and political dimensions
Spain in the early twentieth century: the persistence of the regime of the Restoration. The First Portuguese Republic
The Crisis of Liberalism
Portugal and Spain in the context of the economic and social modernization
Bibliography
Bahamonde, Ángel e Martínez, Jesús A., Historia de España, Siglo XIX, Madrid, Cátedra, 1994
Bonifácio, Maria de Fátima, A Monarquia Constitucional, 1807-1910, Lisboa, Texto Editora, 2010
Reis, Jaime, O Atraso Económico Português 1850-1930, Lisboa, Imprensa Nacional, 1993
Tortella Casares, Gabriel, El Desarrollo de la España Contemporánea. Historia Económica de los Siglos XIX y XX, Madrid, Alianza Editorial, 1994, 429 p.
Villares, Ramón e Moreno Luzón, Javier, Restauración y Dictadura, Madrid, Crítica/Marcial Pons, 2009
Teaching method
Lectures designed to provide a critical approach to individual subjects
Class debates
Students presentations
Individual tutoring
Evaluation method
Assessment elements: a written essay between 25 000 and 35 000 characters long, including spaces and footnotes but excluding the final references (which will weight 60% of the final grade); the oral presentation of the same essay (20%) and the participation in class debates (20% of the final grade).