Portuguese history storyboard

• Author(s): Martins, Cláudia Susana Nunes
• Date: 2012
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/7004
• Origin: Biblioteca Digital do IPB
• Subject(s): Portuguese culture; Portuguese language; Historical facts; National icons and symbols
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

This paper intends to present relevant facts about the Portuguese culture and history, so as to enable a better understanding of who the Portuguese are and provide an overall perspective of the course of history in this westernmost part of Europe. Although the choice of historical facts was subjective by nature, it is believed it achieves the aim of presenting information in a critical but blithesome way, with a view to also deconstructing national stereotypes, such as that Portuguese people are always late or are crazy about football. Finally, it focuses on some information about the Portuguese language mainly to serve as a term of comparison with other European languages.