IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 614: Beyond Borders: The Role of Portugal in Building a New Europe at the End of the Middle Ages
Tuesday 7 July 2020, 11.15-12.45
| Organiser: | Fernando Mouta, Centro de Investigação Transdisciplinar 'Cultura Espaço e Memória' (CITCEM) Faculdade de Letras Universidade do Porto |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Andrea Mariani, Centro de Investigação Transdisciplinar 'Cultura, Espaço e Memória' (CITCEM) / Faculdade de Letras, Universidade do Porto |
| Paper 614-a | Late Middle Ages Histories in the Formation of a Border Island Society (Language: Português) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Social History |
| Paper 614-b | Christ's New Frontier: Portugal and the Evangelisation of the West African Coast, 15th and 16th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Religious Life |
| Paper 614-c | Migrants in the New Borders: The Case of Brazil (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Social History |
| Abstract | The Crusades represented an attempt of European expansion, but it did not last long. On the contrary, Late Medieval Europe was able to widen its 'frontiers' and Portugal played a key role in this process. The aim of this session is to consider three ways in which Portugal contributed to this expansion. The first paper studies the building of a new European Identity in the Atlantic Islands (Madeira, Azores, and Canary Island). The second deals with the propagation of Christianity by the Portuguese in the West African Coast. Finally, the third paper focuses on the Portuguese expansion in the 'New World'. |