Early Modern History (15th-16th Century)
Objectives
a)To be able to relate diferent spacial and temporal features of European History in the Early Modern Age
b)To be able to identify the fundamental political, economical, social and cultural processes which occur in XVth and XVIth Europe
c)To know the main historiographycal interpretations of the studied subjects
d)To know the fundamental bibliography on the subjects and to be able to work with historical documents of the age
e)To develop oral and written communication ability, by using specializes vocabulary and conceptual categories of the Modern Age
f) To acquire the necessary knowledge to be able to proceed to more profound and complex research on the Modern Age.
General characterization
Code
01100973
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Ana Isabel de Lemos Carvalhão Buescu de Vasconcelos e Sousa
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 168
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Available soon
Bibliography
CAMERON, Euan (coord.) - O século XVI (História da Europa Oxford), Porto, Fio da Palavra Editores, 2009
QUATAERT, Donald - O Império otomano. Das origens ao século XX, Lisboa, Edições 70, 2008, pp. 13-58
SALMANN, Jean-Michel - Géopolitique du XVIe siècle. 1498-1618, Paris, Seuil, 2003, pp. 211-285
CARPENTIER, Jean e LEBRUN, François - História da Europa, 3ª edição, Lisboa, Editorial Estampa, 2002
HALE, John - A Civilização Europeia no Renascimento, Lisboa, Presença, 2000, pp. 21-178
TENENTI, Alberto - La formación del mundo moderno. Siglos XIV-XVII, Barcelona, Ed. Crítica, 1985
MORINEAU, Michel - O Século XVI. 1492-1610, Lisboa, D. Quixote, 1980
CORVISIER, André - O Mundo Moderno, Lisboa, Edições Ática, 1976, pp. 5-167
LAPEYRE, Henri - Les monarchies européennes du XVIe siècle. Les relations internationales, Paris, PUF, 1973 (cap. I-III)
Teaching method
Classes will be both theoretical and practical, in a proportion of 70% and 30%. In the practical classes documents of the time and historiographycal texts will be discussed with the active participation of students
Evaluation method
Continuous assessment - Two written individual tests; evaluation of oral interventions; one individual oral presentation on a representative personality or major event of the XVt and XVth centuries(100%)
Subject matter
1.Europe in the XVth and XVIth centuries: demography, economy, society
2. The growth and affirmation of the Modern States
3.The most important monarchies of the XVIth century: France, Spain, England
4. The “divised countries”: Germany and Italy
5. Fighting for European supremacy: the confrontation between the Hapsburg and the Valois. The Italy Wars (1494-1559)
6. The rise of Empires: Charles V (1516-1558) and the Otoman Empire
7. The “peripherical” Europe: Poland, Scandinavia and Russia
8.Protagonists: Charles V and the ideal of an “universal Christian empire”. The “catholic monarchy of Philip II (1556-1598): successes and failures.
9. The rebellion of the Low-Countries (1566-1609)
10. Religious Wars in France (1562-1598)
11. Some statements: 1598: the end of a century and of an era.