Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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4313137 Prehistory, Antiquity and the Middle Ages | OT | 0 | 2 |
Ability to read in Catalan, Spanish and French
The aim of this subject is to discuss the approaches, concepts and procedures developed in different researches on the processes of conquest and colonization between the 12th and 16th centuries. Although reference will be made to the general, European context of these conquests, contents will be mainly focussed on the expansion of Iberian societies in the peninsula, in the Mediterranean and in Atlantic islands, and in America, from a comparative perspective. Specific processes of conquest, colonization and settlement will be studied, paying attention to the substitution of populations, to the distribution of booty and land among the conquerors and colonizers, to the settlement processes, to the creation of new forms of settlement and agrarian spaces, as well as to the impact on the indigenous societies.
-Types of documents. Formal structure and editing criteria
-The historiography of conquests and colonization
-Study of the ways of distributing the booty and the land among conquerors and colonizers; of settlement charters; of property inventories, and of notarial documentation.
-Tools for the study of conquests and colonization
-Tools for the study of conquered societies
The content of the module will be sensitive to aspects related to the gender perspective.
-Theory: general presentations and discussions
-Practical exercises on case-studies; text analysis.
-Work by students: assisting to the lectures; reading, research and analysis of information, assignments. The student must take into account the news and informations published on the Virtual Campus/Moodle. All activities have a deadline that must be met strictly, according to the proposed schedule.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Tutorised | 37.5 | 1.5 | 6, 9, 10, 3 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Supervised | 37.5 | 1.5 | 4, 5 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Autonomous | 75 | 3 | 1, 2, 4, 11, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 3 |
1. ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION DURING THE SEASONS. Attendance is compulsory. Absences must be duly justified: 20% of the final grade
2. WRITTEN WORK (50% of the final grade)
3. ORAL PRESENTATION (30% of the final grade). A date will be set for the oral presentation. The student will have 15 minutes to present his work before a committee formed by two teachers of the subject, among them, the tutor.
The marks below 3,5 will not add in the calculation of the average. To pass the course a minimum mark 5 will be required.
Copied and plagiarised tests and essays will score zero.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Attendance and participation during the seasons | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 11, 7, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 3 |
Essay | 50 per cent | 0 | 0 | 4, 7, 5, 6 |
Oral presentation | 30 per cent | 0 | 0 | 1, 11, 7, 6, 9 |
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