Contemporary Portuguese History (19th Century) - 1st semester
Code
711051105
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Luís Espinha da Silveira, Paulo Jorge Fernandes
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) Know the history of Portugal from 1807 to 1910.
b) Know the chronology of this period with some detail.
c) Understanding the crisis of the Ancient Regime.
d) Understand the prevailing political instability and violence during the first half of the 19th century.
e) Identify the liberal revolution legacy and understand its importance in today´s society.
f) Understanding the functioning of liberal political system in the second half of the 19th century.
g) Know the position of Portugal in the context of the European process of economic, social and cultural modernization.
h) Understand the gradual emergence of colonial questions.
i) Know the main features of the 1890s crisis.
j) Understand why the constitutional monarchy did not survive as a political regime.
l) Know the main works and historians who have written about this period.
m) Reveal competence researching main sources.
n) Ability to explain orally and in writing learning outcomes.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1. The crisis of the Absolutist Regime.
2. Revolution and counter-revolution (1820-1851).
2.1 Revolution and counter-revolution movements in the 1820s.
2.2 The Liberal Revolution. The first years of Constitutional Monarchy
2.3 Continuities and changes against the Old Regime. The legacy of the Liberal Revolution
3. Regeneration (1851-1890)
3.1 The liberal political system. The State. The peripherals powers.
3.2 Structural changes and continuities in economy, society and culture.
3.3 The rediscovery of Africa.
4. The crisis of the 1890s.
4.1 The colonial dimension.
4.2 The economic and financial crisis.
4.3 The political dimension.
5. The last years of Constitutional Monarchy.
5.1 The last stage of the Rotativismo.
5.2 Political Parties evolution.
5.3 The intensification of the political struggle.
Bibliography
SILVEIRA, Luís Espinha da, e FERNANDES, Paulo Jorge, Reis de Portugal D. Luís, Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores, 2006.
SILVA, Álvaro Ferreira da e LAINS, Pedro (dir.), História Económica de Portugal (1700-2000), Vol. II, O Século XIX, Lisboa, ICS, 2005.
RAMOS, Rui, A Segunda Fundação (1890-1926), Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores, 1994, vol. VI da História de Portugal, dir. José MATTOSO.
ALEXANDRE, Valentim, Os Sentidos do Império. Questão Nacional e Questão Colonial na Crise do Antigo Regime Português, Porto, Afrontamento, 1993.
ALMEIDA, Pedro Tavares de, Eleições e Caciquismo no Portugal Oitocentista (1868-1890), Lisboa, Difel, 1991.
Teaching method
The methodologies used consist of theoretical presentations by the Professor accompanied by practical classes for debate
on some predefined themes. Each student must also prepare a written individual paper, based on literature and
contemporary sources, to be delivered by mail at the end of the semester. Practical classes represent approximately 40% of
all classes.
Evaluation method
Each student will be graded in terms of its intervention in practical classes (15%), the individual written paper
(35%) and by a mandatory written test (50%).