History of Lisbon
Code
711051108
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História
Credits
6
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To develop analytical skills for the understanding of the complex object that is a city and its historical evolution through
the case-study of Lisbon;
b) To develop the capacity to apply the historical concepts acquired in reflection on the city today;
c) To become acquainted with the most important moments of the historical evolution of Lisbon;
d) To understand the historical processes that constructed the city in which we live today.
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
1. Before Portugal: Phoenician, Roman and Islamic Lisbon
2. The mediaeval city: from the Reconquista to D. Manuel
3. D. Manuel: conceiving the city on a global scale
4. Lisbon under the Spanish kings: the absent king
5. Baroque Lisbon: from the Restauração to D. João V
6. Lisbon under D. João V
7. The earthquake and the reconstruction of Lisbon: the Baixa and the rest of the city
8. City transformations in the 19th century: growth and industrialization
9. City transformations in the 19th century: memory and commemoration
10. Te city and the Republic
11. The Estado Novo: the years of Duarte Pacheco
12. The 1940 exhibition
13. Alvalade
14. The 1950s: attaining adulthood
Bibliography
Araújo, Norberto de. Inventário de Lisboa. Lisboa: C.M.L., 1944.
Sequeira, Gustavo de Matos. Lisboa: Oito Séculos de História. Lisboa: Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, 1947.
Monumentos e Edifícios Notáveis do Distrito de Lisboa. Lisboa: Junta Distrital, 1962-.
Moita, Irisalva, ed. O Livro de Lisboa. Lisboa: Expo98 / L94 / Livros Horizonte, 1994.
Santana, Francisco e Eduardo Sucena. Dicionário da História de Lisboa. Lisboa: 1994.
França, José-Augusto. Lisboa, História Física e Moral. Lisboa, Livros Horizonte, 2008.
Garcia, José Manuel ed. História de Lisboa, Tempos Fortes. Lisboa: GEO, 2009
Teaching method
In-class discussions will be based on the bibliography and will be supported by textual and graphic materials. Fieldtrips
complement in-class teaching.
Evaluation method
Students will be graded on the basis of a test (50%) and a paper (50%). The paper consists of an encyclopedia article (max.
10.000 characters) on a topic relating to the syllabus, chosen by the student in consultation with the docent