History of the Portuguese Expansion
Objectives
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General characterization
Code
711051104
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Alexandra Maria Pinheiro Pelúcia, Cristina Maria Ribeiro da Silva Brito
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 168
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
None.
Bibliography
COSTA, João Paulo Oliveira e (coor.), RODRIGUES, José Damião, e OLIVEIRA, Pedro Aires de, História da Expansão e do Império Português, Lisboa, A Esfera dos Livros, 2014, pp. 11-339.
DOMINGUES, Francisco Contente (dir.), Dicionário da Expansão Portuguesa 1415-1600, 2 vols., s.l., Círculo de Leitores, 2016.
Teaching method
Theoretical lessons are based in lectures conducted by the teacher. Practical
lessons are based on the discussion of topics by students, under the guidance
of the teacher, using the presentation, analysis and commentary of documental
sources, critical bibliography, audiovisual products, maps and other
iconographic materials.
Evaluation method
Two written tests (50% each)(100%)
Subject matter
Expansion historiography and operating concepts
∙ Discoveries seen by contemporary societies
∙ The indigenous worlds
- The European character of Portuguese expansion
∙ The rhythms of time (from the Maritime Empire to the Territorial Empire)
∙ Navigation and cartography
∙ Experience and science
∙ Geographic revolution and globalization
∙ Travel chronicles and literature
∙ Exotisms
∙ Slave traffick
- The new world trade
∙ Governing modes and agents
- Patronage, religious orders and missions
- European rivalries overseas
∙ Confrontations and collaborations with native peoples
∙ Migrations, racisms and miscegenations
∙ Portuguese colonial societies and <tribes>