Renaissance Humanism

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Presentation and theoretical analysis of the contents; reading and critical analysis of neolatin humanist sources through translated texts. Students are invited to actively participate in class discussions.

The seminar will function in continuous assessment. The final evaluation takes into account the following:

a) oral and written assignments in e-learning sessions;

b) participation in discussions and presentations in classroom sessions;

c) final written paper, carried out under the teacher’s guidence.

Learning Outcomes

Since the University of Coimbra is a UNESCO World Heritage it calls for the rediscovery of a rich cultural heritage associated to the College of Arts, to the authors and to the works that designed the University of Coimbra in the world.

This seminar aims to present the phenomenon of literary and intellectual Humanism which opened the modern era at a fundamental period of consolidation of European culture. The HR seminar aims to identify neo-Latin humanistic cultural production, as well as the key players and patrons, responsible for the first major meeting of cultures that made the four continents one space.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. The phenomenon of Humanism in Portugal and Europe. The nature of Portuguese Humanism;

2. Humanist portraits. Latin humanism from the West to India. Humanism at the crossroads of cultures;

3. Jesuit colleges and the teaching of Humanism in Portugal, Europe and the New World. The role of the Royal College of Arts of the University of Coimbra in the world;

4. The first global school network: The Ratio Studiorum, a new international style of education;

5. Humanism’s major activity: Its literary and intellectual production

6. The cosmopolitanism of Portuguese Humanism. The Portuguese discoveries in the neo-Latin sources.

Assessment Methods

Continuous assessment
Synthesis work: 40.0%
Research work: 60.0%

Bibliography

AA. VV., Humanismo Português na Época dos Descobrimentos. Coimbra: 1993; 

AA.VV. Latineuropa. Latim e cultura neolatina no processo de construção da identidade europeia. Coimbra, 2008, 380 pp;

Código Pedagógico dos Jesuítas. Ratio Studiorum da Companhia de Jesus – Regime escolar e Curriculum de estudos. Lisboa, Esfera do Caos, 2009, pp. 290;

Feingold, M. (Ed.), Jesuit Science and the Republic of Letters), The MIT Press (Massachusetts Institute of Tech¬nology), 2003;

M. Miranda “A Ratio Studiorum e o desenvolvimento de uma cultura escolar na Europa moderna” Humanitas 63 (2011) 473-491;

____, “As Artes do Real Colégio das Artes. Entre a sua matriz e outra” Biblos n.s. 9 (2011) 11-31;

____, Teatro nos Colégios dos Jesuítas. Lisboa, FCG, 2006;

O’Malley, John W., (Ed), The Jesuits: Cultures, Sciences, and the Arts, 1540-1773, Vols. 1 e 2 Univ. of Toronto Press, 2006

Ramalho, A. C., “Humanismo em Portugal” in Dicionário de Hist.religiosa em Portugal. Lisboa, 2000:1. pp. 375-380