History of Early Modern Portugal (15th-18th centuries)
Objectives
a) To have the capacity to use the knowledge acquired throughout the graduation in order to undertake an original survey about the early-modern Portuguese history.
b) To have the capacity to identify, select and interpret archival and visual information pertinent to the early-modern Portuguese history.
c) To have the skills indispensable for carrying out original research about early-modern Portuguese history.
d) To develop the necessary skills to produce an original research work about the early-modern Portuguese history, in view to further research within a doctoral program.
General characterization
Code
722051334
Credits
10.0
Responsible teacher
Jorge Miguel de Melo Viana Pedreira
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - 280
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Available soon
Bibliography
Disney, Anthony R., História de Portugal e do império português, Lisboa, Guerra & Paz, 2010-2011.
Hespanha, António M. (org.), O Antigo Regime (1620-1807), Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores, 1993.
Magalhães, Joaquim Romero (coord.), História de Portugal, III - No alvorecer da Modernidade (1480-1620), Lisboa, Círculo dos Leitores, 1993.
Marques, João F. e Gouveia, António C. (coords.), História Religiosa de Portugal, vol. 2, Humanismos e Reformas, Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores, 2001.
Ramos, Rui, Nuno Gonçalo Monteiro e Bernardo Vasconcelos e Sousa, História de Portugal, Lisboa, Esfera dos Livros, 2009.
Teaching method
This course is taught via e-learning, based on the moodle platform. the professor will make available a set o videos that present the main topics for discussion within this course. The professor will also make available, at the moodle platform, a series of materials (powerpoint presentations, pdfs of secondary literature) that focus on the main subject matters under discussion. The students will have na active participation in two foruns.
E-learning.
Evaluation method
Book review(20%), Participation in the two foruns(30%), Research paper(50%)
Subject matter
1. Discussing key concepts - global history, early modern period - and their relevance for the study of early modern Portugal;
2. The role of the Avis dynasty in the history of 15th century Portugal;
3. The imperial project of the Habsburgs and the Portuguese imperial ideology;
4. The development of the early modern state in an European perspective;
5. The restoration of the Portuguese independence and the reshaping of the Portuguese empire;
6. The Ancien regime society in Portugal and the role of the Enlightenment.