História dos Açores

Objectives

The syllabus consists in an analysis of a changing reality. However, it intends to provide a systematization of the knowledge, making use of an attitude that privileges research and reflection. Therefore, the course is compatible with scientific development, which demands the increase and the renovation of knowledge, as a result of interrogation and the use of new and old methods and interpretations, from new and old sources.
The main goal is to understand the historical development of the Azores. In fact, students are expected to understand the origin and the evolution of a very particular society, influenced by historical trends and by its geography. Besides, students will be able to think the present based on the analysis of the past.

Program

1. Introduction
1.1. The history and the historiography of the Azores
1.2. The directions of the investigation
2. The knowledge and the colonization of the islands (XV Century)
2.1. The discovery
2.2. The settlement
2.3. The exercise of power
2.4. The economic organization
2.5. The importance of the geography
3. The era of magnificence (from the XVI century to the end of the XVII century)
3.1. The administration
3.2. The economy
3.3. The strategy
3.4. The society
3.5. The culture
3.6. The participation in the seizures of the history of Portugal
4. The syndrome of decadence and the resumes of prosperity (from the end of the XVII century to the beginning of
the XIX century)
4.1. The administration
4.2. The economy
4.3. The strategy
4.4. The society
4.5. The culture
5. The General Captaincy of the Azores
6. The Azores in the contemporaneity (XIX and XX centuries)
6.1. The pr-autonomies era (from 1836 to 1895)
6.2. The time of the autonomies (from 1895 to now)

Teaching Methodologies

Theoretical classes / Theoretical-practical classes.

Bibliography

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DRUMMOND, Francisco Ferreira, Anais da Ilha Terceira, 4 ts., SREC, 1981.

FRUTUOSO, Gaspar, Saudades da Terra, 6 ls., Ponta Delgada, Instituto Cultural, 1977-87.

JOÃO, Maria Isabel, Os Açores no Século XIX. Economia, sociedade e movimentos autonomistas, Lisboa, Cosmos, 1991.

LEITE, José Guilherme Reis, 7 Ensaios sobre o Povoamento dos Açores, BLU edições, 2012.

MATOS, Artur Teodoro de; MENESES, Avelino de Freitas de; LEITE José Guilherme Reis (dir.), História dos Açores. Do descobrimento ao século XX, 2 vols., Instituto Açoriano de Cultura, 2008.

MENESES, Avelino de Freitas de, Antigamente, Era Assim! Ensaios de História dos Açores, 2ª ed., Ponta Delgada, Letras Lavadas, 2018.

MENESES, Avelino de Freitas de, Estudos de História dos Açores, 2 vols., Ponta Delgada, Jornal de Cultura, 1994-95.

SARDO, Delfim; CALDAS, João Vieira; SERRÃO, Vítor (coord.), História da Arte nos Açores. (c. 1427-2000), SREC, 2018.