1. Identifying fundamental features of the political and institutional constitution of the Portuguese ancien regime in its various components (such as the judicial and social ones);
2. Understanding and identifying evolutive processes which feature the chronological period being analysed;
3. Developing critical judgement and establishing syntheses of the material studied.

Part II: The imaginary of society and power
1.1. Society
1.2. People
1.3. Real situations and things in the law of the ancient regime
Part III: The Law
Part IV. The Powers
2. Church
3. Landlords
5. The Crown

HESPANHA, António Manuel - História de Portugal Moderno. Político e Institucional, Lisboa, Universidade Aberta, 1995.
Dicionário de História de Portugal, (dir. de Joel Serrão), 6 vols., Porto, Livraria Figueirinhas, 1990 (reedição).
Nova História de Portugal, (dir. Joel Serrão e A.H. de Oliveira Marques), vol. V – Portugal. Do Renascimento à Crise Dinástica, (coord. João José Alves Dias), Lisboa, Presença, 1998.
História de Portugal, vol III – No Alvorecer da Modernidade (1480-1620), (coord. Joaquim Romero Magalhães), Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores, 1993.
História de Portugal, vol IV – O Antigo Regime (1620-1807), (coord. António Manuel Hespanha), Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores, 1993.

Online learning with continuous supervision favoring asynchronous communication (Moodle platform).
Students have to perform the tasks requested by the teacher: essays, critical recensions, reports, protocols, etc. All works will be evaluated and/or classified.

Continuous assessment is privileged: 2 or 3 digital written documents (e-folios) during the semester (40%) and a presence-based final exam (p-folio) in the end of the semester (60%).
In due time, students can alternatively choose to perform one final presence-based exam (100%).

Students are required to have access to a computer with Internet connection and an e-mail address.