Medieval History (12th-15th Century)
Code
711051059
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Mário Silva Farelo
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To acquire scientifc information on the historiography and on the main trends of present research concerning the epoch
b) To develop the skill of understanding the main facts and processes of the time and space studied
c) To develop methodologies of analysis of historical sources
d) To develop capacities of oral and written expression, managing the vocabular and the specific analytical categories for the study of medieval Europe
e) To develop a critical and reflexive attitude
Prerequisites
n.a.
Subject matter
Part 1. The historiography on the Late Middle Ages, 1950-2010
1. Traditional visions
2. Historiographical renewal
3. Main authors, research centres and resources
Part 2. The vitality of a civilizational area (12th-14th centuries)
1. The stabilization of the economic growth
a) The rural world
b) Towns and commerce
2. The political system
a) Monarchy and Papacy
b) Political history
3. Religious history
a) Cister
b) Mendicant orders
c) The «heresies»
4. Culture, knowledge, art
a) The 12th century “renaissance”
b) Cultural life; teaching and universities
c) The art
Part 3. Times of crises and reconstruction (13th-14th centuries)
1. A «crisis» or many «crisis»?
2. Political and institutional History
a) War, aristocracy and the «State»
b) Political History of the western kingdoms
c) The «modern state»
3. Economy and society
a)The rural world
b) Towns and commerce
4. Religious history
a) The church
b) Religious belief and devotional life
5. Culture, knowledge, art
a) The problems of ecclesiastical culture
b) The development of lay culture and knowledge
c) The «Renaissance
Part 4. East and West (12th- 15th centuries)
1. The Crusades
2. Byzantium
3. The Islamic world
Bibliography
- BALARD, Michel, GENET, Jean-Philippe e ROUCHE Michel, A Idade Média no Ocidente. Dos Bárbaros ao Renascimento, Lisboa, Publ. D. Quixote, 1994.
- -CLARAMUNT, S., PORTELA, E., GONZÁLEZ, M & MITRE, E, Historia de la Edad Media, 2ª ed, 5ª reimpr., Barcelona, Ariel Historia, 2003
- LE GOFF, Jacques, As raízes medievais da Europa, Petrópolis, Vozes, 2007.
- LE GOFF, Jacques, SCHMITT, Jean-Claude (dir.), Dictionnaire raisonné de l’Occident médiéval, Paris, Fayard, 1999. (ed. brasileira Dicionário temático do Ocidente medieval, Bauru, Edusc, 2002)
- LINEHAN, Peter (ed.), The medieval world, Londres, Routledge, 2001
Teaching method
- 60% theoretical classes
-40% practical classes
Evaluation method
Assessment will be twofold: one will consist of two practical essays testing written and oral capacity of the students and their critical approaches to the subjects being studied ( 25 % each of the essays) , and a traditional written test ( 50%).