2025
History of Portugal
Name: History of Portugal
Code: HIS15001L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
History
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
This course aims to provide a broad perspective on the evolution of Portuguese history in an international context, focusing on cultural, socioeconomic, political, and institutional structures, as well as key moments and factors of rupture and impact. It also aims to enhance the following skills:
-To develop analytical and critical thinking about the history of Portugal and apply it in a teaching and learning context.
-To foster historical thinking by considering the analysis of causes and effects of changes over time.
- To develop writing and oral presentation skills (argumentation) on program-related topics.
-To develop analytical and critical thinking about the history of Portugal and apply it in a teaching and learning context.
-To foster historical thinking by considering the analysis of causes and effects of changes over time.
- To develop writing and oral presentation skills (argumentation) on program-related topics.
Contents
FROM THE FORMATION OF PORTUGAL TO THE END OF THE MIDDLE AGES
1.Historical Background: from Roman Invasions to the Christian Reconquest
2.Defining the Space. From the County of Portucale to the Treaty of Alcanizes
3.Society and central and local administrations. Centers of culture
4.The Crisis of the 14th Century and the House of Aviz
THE SLOW CONSTRUCTION OF THE MODERN STATE 15th-17th Centuries
1.The Emergence of the Early Modern State. Expansion and Empire
2.Humanism and the Renaissance
3.The end of the House of Aviz. The Dual Monarchy
4.Society during the Counter-Reformation. The Baroque
5.From King John V to the Marquis of Pombal. The Age of Enlightenment
FROM LIBERALISM TO THE REVOLUTION OF 1974
1.From the French Invasions to the Liberal Revolution
2.The End of the Constitutional Monarchy and the Establishment of the First Republic
3.The Military Coup of 1926 and the Estado Novo
4.The 1974 Revolution and the 1976 Constitution. Decolonization
5.Portugal's Accession to Europe
1.Historical Background: from Roman Invasions to the Christian Reconquest
2.Defining the Space. From the County of Portucale to the Treaty of Alcanizes
3.Society and central and local administrations. Centers of culture
4.The Crisis of the 14th Century and the House of Aviz
THE SLOW CONSTRUCTION OF THE MODERN STATE 15th-17th Centuries
1.The Emergence of the Early Modern State. Expansion and Empire
2.Humanism and the Renaissance
3.The end of the House of Aviz. The Dual Monarchy
4.Society during the Counter-Reformation. The Baroque
5.From King John V to the Marquis of Pombal. The Age of Enlightenment
FROM LIBERALISM TO THE REVOLUTION OF 1974
1.From the French Invasions to the Liberal Revolution
2.The End of the Constitutional Monarchy and the Establishment of the First Republic
3.The Military Coup of 1926 and the Estado Novo
4.The 1974 Revolution and the 1976 Constitution. Decolonization
5.Portugal's Accession to Europe
Teaching Methods
The teaching methodologies are diverse, aiming to promote active learning. They emphasize classroom participation and discussion, independent work, and individual responsibility. The course's theoretical concepts and foundations will be presented through the analysis of various sources, encouraging student involvement through research in primary and secondary sources, information organization, and the systematic analysis of recommended readings.
Assessment
Continuous Assessment: three short essays (1000 to 1500 words each) in a classroom context (55%), and one written test (45%).
Final Assessment: Exam (100%).
Final Assessment: Exam (100%).
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