2025
Medieval History I
Name: Medieval History I
Code: HIS02441L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
History
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Presentation
It is intended that students understand how the present is linked to a complex past, which involves the end of empires, the emergence of new religiosities that are still relevant today - Latin and Greek Christianity, the affirmation of Islam-becoming citizens who prepare future also from the past.
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
- Providing a global picture of European Societies evolution between 11th and 15th centuries
- Introduce the student in the framework of problems and discussions concerning different historiography point of views
- Provide some concepts, institutions and phenomena indispensable to be aware about European history
- Analyzing specific issues
- Provide the students some bibliographic elements
- To provide a history centered around the Mediterranean
- Approach, from a critical perspective, primary and secondary sources, encouraging autonomous work ? individual and in groups ? using materials available in libraries, on academic pages on the Internet and even taking advantage of video materials with high scientific and critical quality.
- Introduce the student in the framework of problems and discussions concerning different historiography point of views
- Provide some concepts, institutions and phenomena indispensable to be aware about European history
- Analyzing specific issues
- Provide the students some bibliographic elements
- To provide a history centered around the Mediterranean
- Approach, from a critical perspective, primary and secondary sources, encouraging autonomous work ? individual and in groups ? using materials available in libraries, on academic pages on the Internet and even taking advantage of video materials with high scientific and critical quality.
Contents
3 main points
- Methodological introduction
- Roots and way of a system collapse (3rd to 8thcenturies)
- Rebuilding and managing the world again (9th and 10th centuries)
- Methodological introduction
- Roots and way of a system collapse (3rd to 8thcenturies)
- Rebuilding and managing the world again (9th and 10th centuries)
Teaching Methods
Classes are theoretical but always contain a component of text, image or data analysis.
maps. Students acquire knowledge but at the same time improve and feel more comfortable.
willingness to analyze and verbalize questions, doubts, comparisons.
In addition to the bibliography, the use of resources available on the Internet will always be present, in
bibliographic databases and reputable academic sites.
Students complete practical work that they present, discuss and justify in a classroom environment; the theme is
chosen by the student, which allows for greater empathy and commitment in the process of its development
and its presentation. In this way, you acquire and apply knowledge and work methods in a
practice, with visible results.
Continuous assessment involves a written test, two or three written text analyses and a
practical background work to be presented and discussed by everyone.
There are Exams and Resit Exams for those who were unable to take one
continuous assessment.
The teaching of this curricular unit always bears in mind the need to encourage the use of varied sources of information ? using quality audiovisual media ? in order to create a critical spirit and the ability to articulate ? in public ? ideas and hypotheses in a clear and assertive manner and the ability to substantiate the statements made, based, obviously, on scientifically based textual information. The debate of ideas ? and the ability to do so ? is one of the primary objectives. Another important objective is to be able to articulate the contents of this subject with those of others, eliminating artificial barriers and leading to a fluid teaching-learning process that tends to articulate with close chronological and geographical realities, in order to improve the intellectual articulation between different realities and, also, to enable certain methodologies to be used in other contexts, enhancing the capacities of students and ? let's not forget ? intervening citizens.
maps. Students acquire knowledge but at the same time improve and feel more comfortable.
willingness to analyze and verbalize questions, doubts, comparisons.
In addition to the bibliography, the use of resources available on the Internet will always be present, in
bibliographic databases and reputable academic sites.
Students complete practical work that they present, discuss and justify in a classroom environment; the theme is
chosen by the student, which allows for greater empathy and commitment in the process of its development
and its presentation. In this way, you acquire and apply knowledge and work methods in a
practice, with visible results.
Continuous assessment involves a written test, two or three written text analyses and a
practical background work to be presented and discussed by everyone.
There are Exams and Resit Exams for those who were unable to take one
continuous assessment.
The teaching of this curricular unit always bears in mind the need to encourage the use of varied sources of information ? using quality audiovisual media ? in order to create a critical spirit and the ability to articulate ? in public ? ideas and hypotheses in a clear and assertive manner and the ability to substantiate the statements made, based, obviously, on scientifically based textual information. The debate of ideas ? and the ability to do so ? is one of the primary objectives. Another important objective is to be able to articulate the contents of this subject with those of others, eliminating artificial barriers and leading to a fluid teaching-learning process that tends to articulate with close chronological and geographical realities, in order to improve the intellectual articulation between different realities and, also, to enable certain methodologies to be used in other contexts, enhancing the capacities of students and ? let's not forget ? intervening citizens.
Assessment
Continuous assessment system:
- classwork (comments and analysis of sources) and individual work or work carried out by two students (presented and discussed in class), as well as interventions in the classroom environment - 50%;
- written attendance test - 50%.
Examination system:
- written exam test
- Resit exam
(if the student has attended positively, this situation may be taken into account).
- classwork (comments and analysis of sources) and individual work or work carried out by two students (presented and discussed in class), as well as interventions in the classroom environment - 50%;
- written attendance test - 50%.
Examination system:
- written exam test
- Resit exam
(if the student has attended positively, this situation may be taken into account).
Teaching Staff
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