Early Modern History of Portugal

Year
0
Academic year
2021-2022
Code
01010784
Subject Area
Área Científica do Menor
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

This class has two teaching dimensions:

1. The professor will present a macro-dimensional overview of the reference bibliography for each topic of the class; clarify the operative ideas and theoretical models, outline the structural areas and questions of the class material. This presentation will be done using various materials as aids - books, documents, maps, pictures.

2. In the interaction between students and professor, and among students, specific problems relating to the bibliography and documents will be analyzed.

Learning Outcomes

1. Students will gain a critical understanding and capacity for differentiation of historiographical discourse about central issues in the areas of economy, society, politics and culture;

2. Ability to analyze and understand national history in its external connections (European and global/Empire) and internal (local and regional scales);

3. Ability to select and interlace information relevant to the understanding of historical phenomena given the diversity of spatial and temporal contexts and using dense explanatory models;

4. Learn about events and relevant figures of Portuguese history and analyze their actions in context;

5. Understand the dynamics of Portuguese society, politics, thought and culture in the Early Modern Era.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Historiography of the Portuguese Modern Era  [early modern period]: Portuguese and foreign historians; reference works

2. Portugal in the context of the first globalization: economic, political and cultural links with other European countries and with areas of the Empire

3. Population and demographical dynamics

4. Economic activities; dynamics of growth and crisis; theories and economic policies

5. Structuring principles of society and social dynamics

6. Political configurations of power: the Crown, the Church, landlords [overlords], local governments

7. The construction process of the Modern State: conceptions, theories, practices and protagonists of the exercise of power; instruments of governance and control: the construction of the royal bureaucracy - organs and agents

8. Reception and evolution of humanism.  Cultural policy in the era of the Counter-Reformation and the triumph of the Baroque. Intellectual censorship and reading circles. Cultural renewal of Enlightenment.

Head Lecturer(s)

José Pedro de Matos Paiva

Assessment Methods

Final evaluation
Exam: 100.0%

Continuous evaluation
Resolution Problems: 20.0%
Synthesis work: 30.0%
Frequency: 50.0%

Bibliography

ARAÚJO, A. C. (2003). A cultura das Luzes em Portugal: temas e problemas. Lisboa: Livros Horizonte.

CURTO, D. R. (2007). Cultura escrita - séculos XV a XVIII. Lisboa: ICS.

DIAS, J. S. S. (2006). Portugal e a cultura europeia (séculos XVI a XVIII). Porto: Campo das Letras.

HESPANHA, A. (coord.) (1993). "O Antigo Regime". In História de Portugal. Vol. IV. Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores.

LOPES, M. A. (2010). Protecção social em Portugal na Idade Moderna. Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade.

MARCOCCI, G. & PAIVA, J. P. (2013). História da Inquisição Portuguesa, 1536-1821. Lisboa: Esfera dos Livros.

MAGALHÃES, J. R. (coord.) (1993). "No Alvorecer da Modernidade". In História de Portugal. Vol. III. Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores.

MENESES, A. F. (coord.) (2001). "Portugal da paz da Restauração ao ouro do Brasil" In Nova História de Portugal. Vol. VII. Lisboa: Editorial Presença.

NETO, M. S. (2010). O Universo da Comunidade rural. Coimbra: Palimage.