Medieval History (12th-15th Century)
Objectives
a) To acquire scientifc information on the historiography and on the main trends of present research concerning the epoch
b) To develop the skill of understanding the main facts and processes of the time and space studied
c) To develop methodologies of analysis of historical sources
d) To develop capacities of oral and written expression, managing the vocabular and the specific analytical categories for the study of medieval Europe
e) To develop a critical and reflexive attitude
General characterization
Code
01100962
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
João Luís Inglês Fontes
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 168
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Not applicable
Bibliography
-Michel Balard (et al.), A Idade Média no Ocidente. Dos Bárbaros ao Renascimento, Lisboa, Publicações D. Quixote, 1994
-Jérome Baschet, La civilisation féodale. De l´an Mil à la colonisation de l´Amérique, 3ª ed rev e actual., Paris, Flammarion, 2006 (ed. brasileira, A civilização feudal. Do ano mil à colonização da América, São Paulo, Ed. Globo, 2006)
- Alain Ducellier (et al.), A Idade Média no Oriente. Bizâncio e o Islão: dos Bárbaros aos Otomanos, Lisboa, D. Quixote, 1994
- Jacques Le Goff, Jean-Claude Schmitt (dir.), Dictionnaire raisonné de l’Occident médiéval, Paris, Fayard, 1999 (ed. brasileira Dicionário temático do Ocidente medieval, Bauru, Edusc, 2002)
- Peter Linehan (et al.) (eds.), The medieval world, Londres, Routledge, 2001
Teaching method
Lectures (50%) and practical classes with continuous classroom assessment (50%).
In class teaching
Evaluation method
practical test in the classroom: commentary of a historical source(60%), practical test in the classroom: commentary of a historiographical text (40%)
Subject matter
Module 1. The historiography on the Late Middle Ages, 1950-2010
Module 2. The vitality of a civilizational area (12th-14th centuries)
1. The stabilization of the economic growth
2. The political system
3. Religious history
4. Culture, knowledge, art
Module 3. Times of crises and reconstruction (13th-14th centuries)
1. A «crisis» or many «crisis»?
2. Political and institutional History
3. Economy and society
4. Religious history
5. Culture, knowledge, art
Part 4. East and West (12th- 15th centuries)
1. The Islamic world and the Crusades
2. Byzantium