History of Modern Culture and Mentalities
Code
711051118
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Ana Isabel Buescu
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To identify the different and most important cultural processes in Modern Europe (15th-18th centuries)
b) To know the main historiographical currents of interpretation of the subjects studied
c) To know the most important bibliography on the issues and to be able to work on coeval documents.
d) To develop the hability of oral and written communication through an adequate vocabulary and concepts specific to Cultural History
e) To acquire the adequate knowledge which enables the student to proceed further and deeper the studies in the area of Cultural History
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
I- Humanism and Renaissance
1. The myth of the Renaissance
2. Nets and places: the Italian cities and the rise up of a new culture
3. Humanism and the Classical tradition: the paradigm of Antiquity
4. From centre to periphery: humanism and Renaissance in Portugal
II The Guttenberg Galaxy
1. Printing and the multiplication of books
2. Printing expansion throughout Europe
3. Printing in Portugal in the 16th century
III Religious Reform and Reforms
1. Christianity at the beginning of the XVth century
2. Erasmus of Rotterodam (c. 1467-1536) and the Christian humanism
3. From the Church to Churches. Lutheran Reformation and the end of Christianity
4. The Roman Church: The Trentum Concilium (1545-1563) and the paths of new Catholicism
Bibliography
La Renaissance, Un big bang culturel, Les Collections de lHistoire, nº 43, 2009BURKE, Peter - O Renascimento, Lisboa, Edições Texto & Grafia, 2008
DELUMEAU, Jean A Civilização do Renascimento, Lisboa, Estampa, 2007
COLLINSON, Patrick, A Reforma. História Breve, Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores, 2003
CHAUNU, Pierre Tempo das Reformas, I A Crise da Cristandade, II A Reforma Protestante, Lisboa, Edições 70, 1993
MARTIN, Henri-Jean e Lucien FEBVRE O Aparecimento do Livro, Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2000
MONTEIRO, João Gouveia Orientações da cultura da corte na primeira metade do século XV (a literatura dos Príncipes de Avis), Vértice, 2ª s., nº 5, Ag. 1988, pp. 89-103
MULLET, Michael A Contra-Reforma e a Reforma Católica nos princípios da Idade Moderna Europeia, Lisboa, Gradiva, 1985
SARAIVA, António José História da Cultura em Portugal, II, Lisboa, Jornal do Foro, 1955
Teaching method
Classes will be both theoretical and practical, in a proportion of 70% and 30%. In the practical classes documents of the
time and historiographycal texts will be discussed with the active participation of students.
Evaluation method
Two written individual tests: evaluation of oral interventions