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History of al-Andalus

Objectives

Integration of Gharb al-Andalus region in the western ;Mediterranean.
Historical and archaeological sources identification.
Political history of the Gharb al-Andalus.
Islamic Heritage
The "Reconquista" in the frame of medieval Portugal.

General characterization

Code

01101041

Credits

6.0

Responsible teacher

Maria João Violante Branco

Hours

Weekly - 4

Total - 168

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

Available soon

Bibliography

  • COELHO, António Borges, Portugal na Espanha Árabe, 4 volumes, Lisboa, Seara Nova, 1972- 1975 (há edições mais recentes)
  • GARCIA, João Carlos, O espaço medieval da Reconquista no sudoeste da Península Ibérica, Lisboa, Centro de Estudos Geográficos, 1986
  • GUICHARD, Pierre, Al-Andalus. Estructura antropológica de uma sociedad islámica en Occidente, Granada, Universidad de Granada, 1995
  • KENNEDY, Hugh, Os muçulmanos na Península Ibérica: história política do al-Andalus, Mem Martins, Publ. Europa-América, 1999
  • PICARD, Christophe, Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle). L’Occident d’al-Andalus sous domination islamique, Paris, Maisonneuve et Larose, 2000
  • RIBEIRO, Orlando, Portugal, o Mediterrâneo e o Atlântico, 4ª. ed., Lisboa, Sá da Costa Ed.,, 1987
  • TORRES, Cláudio, O Garb al-Andaluz in “História de Portugal” (dir. José Mattoso), Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores, 1992, pp. 363-415.

Teaching method

Each element of the program is illustrated and explained with powerpoints.

Evaluation method

Continuous assessment - Test (60%), Text commentary (40%)

Subject matter

1. Islamisation and arabization: al-Andalus in the Mediterrenean scope
a. Historical and archaeological sources.
b. Research in Portugal
c. Territory: geo-hitorical spaces
2. Political history: an islamic society in western mediterranean
a. Conquest and emirate
b. Capliphal period and taifas
c. Almoravids and almohads and the Reconquista
d. The kingdom of Granada
3.Economy and society in the Gharb
a. Economical resources and comerce
b. Agriculture ans pastoral life
c. Social structures
4. Daily life spaces
a. Urbanism and fortifications
b. Houses and palaces
c. Mosques and churches
d. Cemeteries
5. An andalusian souvenir
a. "Mourarias" and mudejarism
b. Revisiting the islamic past