Maria do Rosário Themudo Barata

Born in Lisbon (1944), she graduated in History from FLUL (1966). She obtained her PhD in 1984 with the thesis The Regencies during the Minority of King Sebastian. Elements for a Structural History. A disciple of Virgínia Rau and Jorge Borges de Macedo, she specialised in Modern History and, in 1991, presented her lecture for aggregation on the theme «Towards a history of Europe in the 16th century: typology of the regime and institutions». A professor since 1992, she retired in the 2005/2006 academic year.