Contemporary Portuguese History (19th Century)
Objectives
a) Know the history of Portugal from 1807 to 1910.
b) Know the chronology of this period with some detail.
c) Understanding the crisis of the Ancient Regime.
d) Understand the prevailing political instability and violence during the first half of the 19th century.
e) Identify the liberal revolution legacy and understand its importance in today´s society.
f) Understanding the functioning of liberal political system in the second half of the 19th century.
g) Know the position of Portugal in the context of the European process of economic, social and cultural modernization.
h) Understand the gradual emergence of colonial questions.
i) Know the main features of the 1890s crisis.
j) Understand why the constitutional monarchy did not survive as a political regime.
l) Know the main works and historians who have written about this period.
m) Reveal competence researching main sources.
n) Ability to explain orally and in writing learning outcomes
General characterization
Code
01100880
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Paulo Jorge Chalante Azevedo Fernandes
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 168
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Available soon
Bibliography
- SILVEIRA, Luís Espinha da, e FERNANDES, Paulo Jorge, Reis de Portugal – D. Luís, Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores, 2006.
- SILVA, Álvaro Ferreira da e LAINS, Pedro (dir.), História Económica de Portugal (1700-2000), Vol. II, O Século XIX, Lisboa, ICS, 2005.
- RAMOS, Rui, A Segunda Fundação (1890-1926), Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores, 1994, vol. VI da História de Portugal, dir. José MATTOSO.
- ALEXANDRE, Valentim, Os Sentidos do Império. Questão Nacional e Questão Colonial na Crise do Antigo Regime Português, Porto, Afrontamento, 1993.
- ALMEIDA, Pedro Tavares de, Eleições e Caciquismo no Portugal Oitocentista (1868-1890), Lisboa, Difel, 1991.
Teaching method
Lectures by the professor and practical classes with the debate of some issues. Each student must do a written individual paper, based on literature and contemporary sources. The practical classes represent 25% of all classes
Evaluation method
Continuous assessment - Each student will be assessed on the basis of its intervention in practical classes (15%), the individual written paper (35%) and a mandatory written test (50%)(100%)
Subject matter
1. The crisis of the Absolutist Regime.
2. Revolution and counter-revolution (1820-1851).
2.1 Revolution and counter-revolution movements in the 1820s.
2.2 The Liberal Revolution. The first years of Constitutional Monarchy
2.3 Continuities and changes against the Old Regime. The legacy of the Liberal Revolution
3. Regeneration (1851-1890)
3.1 The liberal political system. The State. The peripherals powers.
3.2 Structural changes and continuities in economy, society and culture.
3.3 The rediscovery of Africa.
4. The crisis of the 1890s.
4.1 The colonial dimension.
4.2 The economic and financial crisis.
4.3 The political dimension.
5. The last years of Constitutional Monarchy.
5.1 The last stage of the “Rotativismo”.
5.2 Political Parties evolution.
5.3 The intensification of the political struggle