Military History of Portugal: XIIth-XVth centuries
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2015-2016
02022715
History
Portuguese
Face-to-face
10.0
Elective
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado
Recommended Prerequisites
NA
Teaching Methods
The teaching of this course is based on theoretical and theoretical-practical classes and, whenever possible, with the support of diverse iconography (schemas, maps, illuminated manuscripts, photos, etc.) and illustrated with the critical analysis of literary and documentary sources.
Learning Outcomes
It is Intended that the student, according to a diachronic analysis model, understands and contextualizes the elements that characterize the art of war in Portugal between the beginning of the twelfth century and the late fifteenth century, namely: the various bodies that constitute the Portuguese armies (with an analysis based on the royal hosts, including the navy); logistics and military administration; castles and walled towns; weaponry; strategic options; the various types of armed clashes and tactical models adopted in pitched battle, and the consequences of the war.
Work Placement(s)
NoSyllabus
1.The medieval armies
Noblemen corps
Municipal militias
The military orders
The King's Guard
Mercenaries and “homiziados”
Artillery and gunners
The navy.
2. Military logistics and administration
Horse breeding and trading
Offensive and defensive individual weapons
Weapon manufacture and storage
Financing the war
The military authorities
3. Fortifications: castles and urban walls
Architecture and construction
The network of fortresses
The command and defense of fortresses
4. The practice of war
History of the campaigns:
a) Reconquista
b) Wars with Castile
c) North Africa
Strategy and tactics
a) The main campaigns
b) The “chevauchées”
c) Sieges (besiegers and besieged)
d) Pitched battles (tactical models - case studies)
Gunpowder artillery and the new forms of warfare
The articulation between the army and naval operations
5. The consequences of war
Enrichment and impoverishment
Devastation and depopulation
Assessment Methods
Assessement
Research work: 100.0%
Bibliography
1. João Gouveia Monteiro, A Guerra em Portugal na Idade Média, Lisboa, Notícias, 1998.
2. Luís Miguel Duarte, Guerra pela Independência, 1383-1389. Col. “Batalhas da História de Portugal”, Academia Portuguesa da História, vol. 4. Lisboa, Quidnovi, 2006.
3. Mário Barroca, João Gouveia Monteiro e Luís Miguel Duarte (autores) e José Mattoso (Coord. de), Nova História Militar de Portugal, Vol. I, Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores, 2003.
4. Miguel Gomes Martins, Para Bellum. Organização e Prática da Guerra em Portugal durante a Idade Média (1245-1367), Coimbra, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra, 2007 (Dissertação de Doutoramento, policopiada), Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, no prelo.
5. Miguel Gomes Martins, De Ourique a Aljubarrota. A Guerra na Idade Média, Lisboa, Esfera dos Livros, 2011