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Course: 2025/2026

The modern history of Spain
(17692)
Bachelor in History and Politics (Study Plan 2018) (Plan: 394 - Estudio: 352)


Coordinating teacher: VILLALBA PEREZ, ENRIQUE

Department assigned to the subject: Humanities: History, Geography and Art Department

Type: Compulsory
ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

Course:
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Requirements (Subjects that are assumed to be known)
General knowledge of Secondary Education on all history of Spain.
Objectives
OBJECTIVES 1. To know the social, economic, political, legal and cultural reality of the modern history of Spain from a comparative perspective. 2. To understand the processes of political, social, economic and cultural change in the society of the time. 3. Develop the ability to identify, organize and analyze relevant information critically and systematically on current and past sources in relation to political and social aspects. 4. To develop the ability to debate and formulate critical reasoning. 5. To develop the ability to communicate in public and to work in teams.
Learning Outcomes
K1: Identify the key historical processes of history, from Antiquity to globalization, recognizing their political and social implications K2: To know the historical evolution of political institutions, from Antiquity to the present day, identifying their impact on government systems K5: Describe the actors, institutions, and processes that shape international relations, explaining their influence on the global landscape K6: To compare historical economic systems, relating them to their socio-political context from Antiquity to the present day K7: Relate social movements and struggles for civil rights to changes in social structures throughout history and analyze changes in cultural expressions (art, literature, religion) and their link to historical and political processes S1: Build solid historical and political arguments from a rigorous documentary base S2: Apply logical and creative thinking in solving complex historiographical and political problems S3: Experiment with research methodologies, simulating historical or political situations relevant to their analysis S5: Demonstrate academic writing skills by crafting essays and articles based on original research S7: Compose interdisciplinary research projects, integrating economic, sociological and cultural perspectives S8: Creating innovative approaches to address historical and political problems C1: Have critical and analytical skills evaluating historical sources and political texts to interpret their relevance in real contexts C3: Actively participate in interdisciplinary projects to analyze historical and political phenomena from multiple perspectives C4: Demonstrate the ability to integrate theoretical knowledge into practical scenarios such as public policy analysis or historical-cultural projects C5: Develop skills to convey clear and grounded ideas about history and politics, orally and in writing
Description of contents: programme
1. Spain in Modernity. 2. Power and governance in the Hispanic Monarchy. 3. Conflicts and international relations of the Hispanic Monarchy. 4. Cultural and socioeconomic portrait of the Hispanic Monarchy. 5. The new Bourbon State: Political and Institutional Aspects. 6. Cultural and socioeconomic portrait of the Spain of the Bourbons.
Learning activities and methodology
AF1. THEORETICAL-PRACTICAL CLASSES. These will present the knowledge to be acquired by the students. Practices related to the contents will be carried out. AF2. TUTORIALS. Individual (individual tutorials) or group (group tutorials) assistance to students by the teacher. AF3. INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP WORK BY THE STUDENT. MD1. THEORY CLASS. Lectures in class by the lecturer with the support of computer and audiovisual media, in which the main concepts of the subject are developed. Specific material and bibliography will be provided to complement the students' learning. MD2. PRACTICALS. Resolution of practical cases (maps, texts, etc.) proposed by the teacher individually or in groups. MD3. TUTORIALS. Individual (individual tutorials) or group (group tutorials) assistance to students by the lecturer.
Assessment System
  • % end-of-term-examination/test 60
  • % of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 40

Calendar of Continuous assessment


Extraordinary call: regulations
Basic Bibliography
  • ANES, Gonzalo,. El Antiguo Régimen: Los Borbones,. Alfaguara-Alianza,. 1975.
  • CASEY, JAMES,. España en la Edad Moderna: una historia social,. PUV,. 2001.
  • DOMÍNGUEZ ORTIZ, Antonio,. El Antiguo Régimen: Los Reyes Católicos y los Austrias, . Alfaguara-Alianza,. 1973.
  • ELLIOTT, J.H. y GARCÍA SANZ, A., coords., . Poder y sociedad en la Espan¿a de los Austrias. Crítica. 1982
  • ELLIOTT, J.H. y GARCÍA SANZ, A., coords., . Poder y sociedad en la España de los Austrias,. Crítica,. 1982.
  • ELLIOTT, J.H.,. La España Imperial, 1469-1716,. Vicens Vives,. 1998 (5ª ed.).
  • FERNÁNDEZ, A., DÍAZ MEDINA, A.,. Historia de España. Los Austrias Mayores y la culminación del Imperio (1516-1598), . Gredos, . 1987.
  • FERNÁNDEZ, Roberto,. La España de los Borbones. Las reformas del siglo XVIII, . Temas de Hoy,. 1996.
  • FEROS, Antonio y GELABERT, Juan, dirs.,. Espan¿a en tiempos del Quijote. Taurus. 2004
  • FLORISTÁN, A.,. Historia de España en la Edad Moderna, . Ariel,. 2004.
  • GARCÍA CÁRCEL, Ricardo, . Las culturas del Siglo de Oro. Historia 16. 1989
  • IGLESIAS, Carmen, dir.,. El mundo que vivió Cervantes. SECC. 2005
  • KAMEN, Henry,. Una sociedad conflictiva: España 1469-1714,. Alianza,. 1984.
  • LYNCH, John,. Los Austrias. 1516-1700,. Crítica,. 2007.
  • MACKENNEY, R.,. La Europa del siglo XVI: expansión y conflicto,. Akal,. 1996.
  • MARCOS MARTÍN, A., . España en los siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII: economía y sociedad,. Crítica,. 2000.
  • MARTÍNEZ RUIZ, E., GIMÉNEZ, E., ARMILLAS, J.A. Y MAQUEDA, C., . La España moderna,. Istmo,. 1992.
  • MARTÍNEZ RUIZ, E., dir.,. Introducción a la Historia Moderna, . Istmo,. 1991.
  • MOLAS RIBALTA, Pere,. La monarquía española (siglos XVI-XVIII), . Historia 16,. 1990.
  • ROMERO SAIZ, M.,. Diccionario de Términos Históricos de España,. ,. 2009.
  • RUIZ, T.F.,. Historia social de España 1400-1600,. Crítica,. 2002.
  • VV.AA.,. El Siglo del Quijote (1580-1680). Las Letras. Las Artes. Espasa. 1996

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.