History of Portugal

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Students are expected to actively participate in the classes in document analysis and the discussion of some issues.

Learning Outcomes

This course aims to acquaint the students with some of the most important episodes in the History of Portugal, since its foundation in the twelfth century until the democratic revolution of 1974.

The aim is to deepen information on the period of the Portuguese Discoveries, by what is intended to students to become aware of this period importance in the shaping of the Portuguese people.

It is also intend to know the most important external relations which Portugal has been firmly establishing over the centuries, with a particular emphasis on the relation with England, Spain and France.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1.- From formation of a nationality to the 1383-1385 crisis

1.1 -. The Christian reconquest and the independence of Portugal

1.2 -. The role of the Portuguese kings in the the territory formation and organization

1.3 -. The 1383-1385 crisis and the Battle of Aljubarrota

2 - .  Rise and fall of the "Portuguese Empire"

2.1 -. The begining of Portuguese discoveries

2.2 -. Portuguese presence in Africa, Asia and America

2.3 -. The Iberian Union and the Restoration of Independence

2.4 -. Absolutism and mercantilism in a Society of Orders

3 -. Liberalism and Republicanism

3.1 -. French invasions

3.2 -. The Liberal Revolution (1820)

3.3 -. The colonial question and the English ultimatum

3.4 -. The establishment of the Portuguese Republic

4 -. Dictatorship and Democracy

4.1 -. Origins and maintenance of Estado Novo

4.2 -. The Colonial war

4.3 -. The April 25, 1974

Head Lecturer(s)

Leontina Domingos Ventura Duarte Ferreira

Assessment Methods

Assessment
classes in document analysis aThe evaluation will be done through a written exam at the end of the course: 100.0%

Bibliography

BIBLIOGRAFIA DE REFERÊNCIA:

- BIRMINGHAM, David, A concise history of Portugal, Cambridge University Press, 1993.

- LABOURDETTE, Jean-François, História de Portugal, Lisboa, Publicações D.

Quixote, 2003.

- MARQUES, A. H. Oliveira, Breve História de Portugal, Presença, Lisboa, 2001.

- MARQUES, A. H. Oliveira, História de Portugal, Lisboa, Presença, 1998 (3 vols.).

- Nova História de Portugal, direção de Joel Serrão e A. H. de Oliveira Marques, Editorial Presença, Lisboa.

- REIS, António (dir. de), Portugal Contemporâneo, 6 vols., Lisboa, Edições Alfa, 1990.

- SERRÃO, Joel, Dicionário de História de Portugal, 6 vols., Porto, Figueirinhas, 1986.

ALGUNS SITES:

- O Portal da História - http://www.arqnet.pt

- Centro de Documentação 25 de Abril – http://www.uc.pt/cd25a

- Associação de Professores de História – http://www.aph.pt/recursos.html

Nota: Outra bibliografia será fornecida aos alunos ao longo do curso.