History of Medieval Lisbon
Objectives
a) To acquire a solid knowledge of the state of the art in Medieval Lisbon History studies.
b) To recognise Lisbon's status as the ‘head of the kingdom’.
c) To identify and familiarise themselves with documentary sources for the study of Medieval Lisbon History.
d) To master the issues addressed by various lines of research on Medieval Lisbon.
e) To Carry out a research project on the subject of the seminar, based on printed documentation.
General characterization
Code
722051290
Credits
10.0
Responsible teacher
João Luís Inglês Fontes
Hours
Weekly - 3
Total - 280
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Available soon
Bibliography
- Andrade, Amélia Aguiar,«La dimensión urbana de un espacio atlântico: Lisboa» in XXXIII Semana de Estudios Medievales, Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra,2007, 347-375.
- Dicionário de História de Lisboa,dir. Francisco Santana e Eduardo Sucena, Lisboa: s/ed., 1994.
- Farelo, Mário. A Oligarquia Camarária de Lisboa (1325-1433). Tese de doutoramento, Lisboa: FLUL,2008.
- Lisboa Medieval.Gentes, Espaços e Poderes, João Luís Fontes, Luís Filipe Oliveira, Catarina Tente, Mário Farelo, Miguel Gomes Martins eds,Lisboa:Instituto de Estudos Medievais,2016.
- Lisboa Medieval. Os rostos da Cidade, Luís Krus, Luís Filipe Oliveira e João Luís Fontes, eds.Lisboa:Horizonte,2007.
- O Livro de Lisboa, coord. Irisalva Moita, Lisboa: Horizonte,1994.
- Silva, Manuel Fialho,A mutação urbana de Lisboa Medieval. Das taifas a D. Dinis,Lisboa:CHUL, 2022.
- Territórios da Lisboa Medieval, João Luís Fontes e Luís Filipe Oliveira Eds,Lisboa: Instituto de Estudos Medievais, 2022.
Teaching method
Lectures .
Supervised commentary of bibliography and data.
Tutorial guidance
Study visits: Lisbon Municipal Archives, Lisbon Cathedral, St George's Castle
Evaluation method
Continuous assessment - Individual written work based on printed sources on a theme around Lisbon in the Middle Ages(75%), Study visit report (10%), Written commentary on a document from the Lisbon Municipal Archive preserved in the Livro dos Pregos (15%)
Subject matter
Introduction: Medieval cities and towns - Concepts and methodologies of approach.
1. Historiography on medieval Lisbon - state of the art.
2. Sources for the study of medieval Lisbon.
3. The status of Lisbon in the hierarchy of Portuguese urban centres: the ‘head of the kingdom’
4. Problems in the history of medieval Lisbon:
- Spaces and everyday life
- The religious mark
-The men of municipal power.
- Crafts activities
-The city and the king