Syllabus Information

5.1. Methodological overview

See "Learning activities" and "Syllabus".

More information will be provided on the first day of class.

5.2. Learning tasks

• Theoretical lectures.
• Practical lectures.
• Individual work.
• Personal study.
• Assessment activities.

5.3. Syllabus

The course, Ideologies and political thought, will address the following topics:

Topic 1. Accuracy, memory, and liturgy: foundations of medieval political systems ( 11th-12th centuries)

Topic 2. Political representation and consensus: innovation and debates in the political thought (13th century)

Topic 3. Republic and monarchy: images and realities of power in Late Middle Ages (14th-15th centuries)

Topic 4. The remains of the medieval political constitution and its ideological renovation (16th century)

Topic 5. Doctrine and image in the political exercice of the Baroque era: the courtly system, the manifestation of power, and the society (17th century)

Topic 6. Absolutism and Enlightenment: from equilibrium in the international context to the end of the traditional society (18th century)

5.4. Course planning and calendar

See the academic calendar of the University of Zaragoza (http://academico.unizar.es/calendario-academico/calendario) and the website of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts (Schedule of classes: https://fyl.unizar.es/horario-de-clases#overlay-context=horario-de-clases; Examination schedule: https://fyl.unizar.es/calendario-de-examenes#overlay-context=)

More information will be provided on the first day of class.

5.5. Bibliography and recommended resources

Black, A. El pensamiento político en Europa, 1250-1450, Akal, Madrid, 1996.

Bloch, M., La sociedad feudal, Akal, Madrid 2002.

Gil Pujol, J., Tiempo de política, Universidad de Barcelona, 2006.

Guénee, B., Occidente durante los siglos XIV y XV. Los Estados, Ed. Labor, Barcelona, 1985.

Kantorowicz, E., Los dos cuerpos del rey. Un estudio de teología política medieval, Akal, Madrid 2012.

Little, L. K. y Rosenwein, B. H., eds., La Edad Media a debate, Akal, Madrid 2003.

Martínez Millán, J. y Carlos Morales, C. J. de, Religión, política y tolerancia en la Europa moderna, Polifemo ediciones, Madrid 2011.

Pocock, J. G. A., Pensamiento político e historia. Ensayos sobre teoría y métodos, Akal, Madrid 2011.

Reinhard, W. (coordinador), Génesis del Estado Moderno en Europa, siglos XIII a XVIII. Las élites de poder en la construcción del Estado, F.C.E., México 1997.

Touchard, J. (1961), Historia de las ideas políticas, Tecnos, Madrid 1993.