Martins, Cláudia2012-06-042012-06-042012Martins, Cláudia Susana Nunes (2012). Portuguese history storyboard. In Silva, Elisabete; Pais, Clarisse; Pais, L.S. (Eds) Teaching Crossroads: 7th IPB Erasmus Week. Bragança: Instituto Politécnico. p. 145-169. ISBN 978-972-745-128-9978-972-745-128-9http://hdl.handle.net/10198/7004This 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.engPortuguese culturePortuguese languageHistorical factsNational icons and symbolsbook part