Society and Culture in the Middle Ages - 2nd semester
Code
722051169
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Bernardo Vasconcelos Sousa
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a)To know the history of the medieval nobility: kinship, identity and power
b) To know the international bibliography on medieval nobility
c) To identify the main characteristics of the medieval nobility, using the right concepts to its study
d) To be able to do research works
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
Medieval Nobility – Kinship, identity and power
1.History of the family and history of the nobility
2.Kinship and social identity
3.Family and household in the medieval nobility
4.The Portuguese medieval nobility
Bibliography
-BECEIRO PITA, Isabel e CÓRDOBA DE LA LLAVE, Ricardo, Parentesco, poder y mentalidade. La nobleza castellana. Siglos XII-XV, Madrid, CSIC, 1990
-DUBY, Georges, A Sociedade Cavaleiresca, Lisboa, Teorema, 1989~
- The Historiography of Medieval Portugal c. 1950-2010, dir. de José MATTOSO, Lisboa, Instituto de Estudos Medievais, 2011
-KRUS, Luís, A Concepção Nobiliárquica do Espaço Ibérico (1280-1380), Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian – JNICT, 1994
- MATTOSO, José, Identificação de um País. Ensaio sobre as Origens de Portugal. 1096-1325, vol. I – Oposição, vol. 2 – Composição, in Obras Completas, vols. 2 e 3, Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores, 2001
Teaching method
50% of theoretical classes and 50% of practical classes (analysis of historiographical texts and historical sources).
Evaluation method
An essay (about 20 pages) on a subject of the seminary and its oral presentation in classroom.