Spaces and forms of Power in the Middle Ages

Objectives

a) To know the main issues related with spaces and powers’s studies and their interrelations
b) Promote the capacity for critical analysis through the study of some of the dynamics and historical processes that involve either spaces or powers, or both
c) analyze specific cases of medieval Portuguese reality in which the two strands are particularly significant in the analysis
d) Encourage the production of one independent practical work, through which the knowledge and skills acquired throughout the semester can be apply and integrate

General characterization

Code

711051141

Credits

6.0

Responsible teacher

Amélia Aurora Aguiar de Andrade

Hours

Weekly - Available soon

Total - 168

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

n.a.

Bibliography

BISSON, Th. C., Cultures of Power. Lordship, Status and Process in Twelfth century Europe, Philadelphia, University of Pensilvania Press, 1995;
BOURDIEU, P., O Poder Simbólico,(trad. Fernando Tomaz ; rev. Fernando Portugal), 2ªed, Lisboa, Difel, 1989;
LEROY, Beatrice, Sociedades e Poderes Políticos na Península Ibérica Medieval (sécs. XIV – XV), Lisboa, Pub. Europa- América, 2001;
Topographies of power in the early middle ages, ed. Mayke de JONG e Frans THEUWS, Leiden, 2001;
Medieval practices of space, eds Barbara A. HANAWALT e Michel KOBIALKA, Minneapolis/London, University of Minnesota Press, 2000;

 

Teaching method

Lectures
Supervised commentary of bibliography and data.
Tutorials

Evaluation method

Evaluation Method - Mandatory participation in the workshop (10 classes)(20%), Written personal research essay based on published (80%)

Subject matter

introduction
Module 1 -
- The Powers
- The Spaces
- The relationship between the spaces and the powers
Module 2 - Workshop introduction to research

Programs

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