History of al-Andalus
Code
711051043
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História
Credits
6
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) Develop specific knowledge on the historiography of the period and the main tendencies of present day research.
b) Provide theoretical knowledge to the students which will allow them to understand the historical processes of al-Andalus and to analyze such process in a critical form.
c)Understand and explain the main events and processes, as well as the problematic of the period and area under study.
d)Develop critical capacities for the analysis of primary sources
e)Develop written and oral exposition techniques, integrating vocabulary and categories common to the particular time under study
f) Develop a reflexive attitude towards the acquired knowledge.
Prerequisites
Not Applicable
Subject matter
GENERAL PROGRAMME
I.-Worlds and Cultures of Islam: Basic Concepts
II- The Background of al-Andalus
II. The arrival of the Muslims and the Construction of the First Islamic State of the Iberian Peninsula
IV. The Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba: Administration, Religiosity and Propaganda
V. The Fitna and the Origin of the Taifas: Space, Conviventia and Conflict
VI. The Almoravid Emirate in al-Andalus (These classes will be taught in Spanish)
VII. Al-Andalus and the second Occidental Caliphate: the Almohads. Religious Reform, Territory and Power.
VIII. The Kingdom of the Banū Naṣr of Grenade: the Last Bastion of the Peninsular Islam (Splendor or decay?)
IX. The Gharb al-Andalus
X. Society, Philosophy and Literature in al-Andalus
Bibliography
AA.VV.\"O \"Portugal\" islâmico\". Em Portugal das invasões germânicas À Reconquista, coord. de A. H. Oliveira Marques, vol. II de Nova História de Portugal, direcção de Joel Serrão e A. H. Oliveira Marques. Lisboa, Presença, 1993, pp. 121- 252.
DOMINGUES, J. G., História Luso-Árabe . Silves, 2010
------Portugal e o Al-Andalus . Lisboa,1997.
GUICHARD, P.; MALPICA CUELLO, A., Al-Andalus: estructura antropológica de una sociedad islámica en occidente. Granada, 1995.
HUICI MIRANDA, A.,Historia Política del Imperio Almohade. UGR,2000
JOVER ZAMORA, J. M.,Historia de España de Menéndez Pidal. Madrid, Espasa Calpe, 1993.
MARCOS COBALEDA, M., Los almorávides: arquitectura de un Imperio. Granada,2015.
MARÍN, M., Individuo y sociedad en al-Andalus. Madrid, 1992.
PICARD, C.,Le Portugal Musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle). Paris, 1996.
TORRES, C. e MACÍAS, S., O legado islâmico em Portugal. Lisboa, 1998.
VILLALBA SOLA, D., La senda de los almohades: arquitectura y patrimonio. Granada, 2015.
Teaching method
The oretical lectures and practical classes, in which the combination of lectures and debate on primary sources and recent articles may develop in the students not only the necessary basic knowledge, but also a specific competence in debating and updating their critical perspectives on the construction of the History of al-Andalus and its sources.
In class teaching.
Evaluation method
The students assessment will be done in two moments:
1) Oral and Written presentation (40% of the final mark)
2) written test (60% of final mark)