History of Medieval Culture and Mentalities

Objectives

a) To acquire knowledge about the history of the subject and the main trends of the current investigation.
b) To develop understanding capacity of the main events and processes of the historical period and spaces studied, in relation to culture and mentalities.
c) To develop the analytcial methodologies of historical sources of cultural history and mentalities.
d) To develop oral presentation and writing skills, integrating the vocabulary and specific categories of medieval history.
e) To develop a reflective and critical attitude.

General characterization

Code

711051117

Credits

6.0

Responsible teacher

João Luís Inglês Fontes

Hours

Weekly - Available soon

Total - 168

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

Not applicable

Bibliography

-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)
- 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)
- Martin F. Ríos Saloma - De la historia de las mentalidades a la historia cultural. Notas sobre el desarrollo de la historiografía en la segunda mitad del siglo XX. In Estudios de Historia Moderna y Contemporánea de México, n. 37 (Janeiro-Junho 2009), pp. 97-137
TINSLEY, David F. - Mentalities in medieval studies. In Albrecht CLASSEN (ed.) - Handbook of Medieval Studies: Terms Methods Trends. Berlim/ Nova Iorque: De Gruyter, 2010, vol. 1, pp. 874-896.

 

Teaching method

Theoretical and practical classes (50% and 50% respectively).
In class teaching

Evaluation method

historical document commentaries(60%), historiographical text(40%)

Subject matter

a) To acquire knowledge about the history of the subject and the main trends of the current investigation.
b) To develop understanding capacity of the main events and processes of the historical period and spaces studied, in relation to culture and mentalities.
c) To develop the analytcial methodologies of historical sources of cultural history and mentalities.
d) To develop oral presentation and writing skills, integrating the vocabulary and specific categories of medieval history.
e) To develop a reflective and critical attitude.

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