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History of the Portuguese Expansion

History of the Portuguese Expansion

Code	12324
Year	1
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area	História das Culturas
Entry requirements	It doesn´t have.
Mode of delivery	- Lessons of practical-theoretical nature. - Sessions of tutorial guidance.
Work placements	- Not applicable.
Learning outcomes	- Develop reflective knowledge about the meaning and influence of Portuguese expansion in the world. - Re-examine "myths" reated to Portuguese expansionism. - Having an overview of the world before the 15th century expansion. - Expose, in a contextual and comparative perspective, the general frameworks of Portuguese expansion in the 15th and 16th centuries. - Know the life of some of the main builders of the Empire. - Understand the process of formation of the Empire. - Evaluate the model of the Portuguese Empire. - Clarify the place that the Portuguese Empire occupies among the empires. - Capture the nature of contacts established between peoples and civilizations. - Explain the spread of the Portuguese language. - Clarify the relationship between literature and the Empire. - Boost academic debate. - Mastering operating concepts and sharpening cognitive skills. - Encourage autonomous learning strategies. - Produce scientific texts.
Syllabus	Introduction: Scrutinizing the Reach of Portuguese Expansion in the World. 1. Myths of Yesterday and Today. 2. A View of the World before the Fifteenth-Century Expansion. 3. Conditions and Reasons for Portuguese Expansion. 4. Policies and Ideologies of Portuguese Expansion (15th and 16th centuries). 5. Empire Builders Biographies. 6. The Portuguese Empire among the Empires. The Overseas Administrative Organization. The Economic Organization of Empire. 7. A Look at the Contact between Peoples and Civilizations. 8. Language, Literature and Empire.
Main Bibliography	BARRETO, Luís Filipe, Portugal: Pioneiro do Diálogo Norte/Sul. Para um Modelo da Cultura dos Descobrimentos Portugueses, Lisboa, INCM, 1988. BETHENCOURT, Francisco e CHAUDHURI, Kirti (dir.), História da Expansão Portuguesa, vol. I, A Formação do Império (1415-1570), Lisboa, Temas e Debates, 1998. BETHENCOURT, Francisco e CURTO, Diogo Ramada (dir.), A Expansão Marítima Portuguesa, (1400-1800), Lisboa, Edições 70, 2010. COSTA, João Paulo Oliveira e, Mare Nostrum, Lisboa, Temas e Debates – Círculo de Leitores, 2013. GODINHO, Vitorino Magalhães, Os Descobrimentos e a Economia Mundial, 4 vols., 2.ª ed., Lisboa, Editorial Presença, 1985-1991. LUÍS, Alexandre António da Costa, Na Rota do Império Português (da Formação da Nacionalidade ao Apogeu Imperial Manuelino), Coimbra, Tese de Doutoramento, FLUC, 2008. OLIVEIRA, Aurélio de e outros, História dos Descobrimentos e Expansão Portuguesa, Lisboa, Univ. Aberta, 1999. SANTOS, João Marinho dos, A Guerra e as Guerras na Expansão Portuguesa (Séculos XV e XVI), Lisboa, Grupo de Trabalho do Ministério da Educação para as Comemorações dos Descobrimentos Portugueses, 1998. THOMAZ, Luís Filipe F. R., De Ceuta a Timor, Linda-a-Velha, Difel, 1994.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.