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Absorbed by teaching duties, as well as by supervising academic work (namely many undergraduate theses that are now part of his library), the pace of publications became slower in the 1960s but remained diverse. His love for his small homeland or his efforts to promote its identity are apparent in a number of publications: Região do Rabaçal a terra e o homem [Rabaçal region the land and the man] (1961), A propósito do queijo do Rabaçal [About the Rabaçal cheese] or Penela na obra de dois escritores: Fernão Lopes e Eloy de Sá Sotto Maior [Penela in the work of two writers: Fernão Lopes and Eloy de Sá Sotto Maior] (1966). In addition, in the area of research carried out in preparation for his undergraduate and doctoral theses, he wrote the Introduction to Fernão Lopes ’ chronicle ( Crónica do Senhor Rei dom Fernando nono rei destes regnos [Chronicle of the lord King Ferdinand, the ninth king of these kingdoms] ), published in 1966 by Livraria Civilização in Porto, and wrote entries for Joel Serrão ’ s Dicionário de História de Portugal [ Dictionary of Portuguese History] ( ‘ Batalha dos Atoleiros ’ [Battle of Atoleiros] and ‘ D. Beatriz ’ ) .
The physician/historian ’ s historical interests were very diverse. In 1967, the author of Batalha de Trancoso [battle of Trancoso] surprised his peers with the publication, together with Giacinto Manuppella, of O livro de cozinha da Infanta D. Maria de Portugal [The cookery book of Infanta Maria of Portugal] . In this first complete edition of the Códice Português I. E. 33. da Biblioteca Nacional de Nápoles [Portuguese Codex I.E. 33 of the national Library of Naples] , he collaborated on the readings and wrote a historical introduction entitled ‘ A arte de comer em Portugal na Idade Média ’ [‘The art of eating in Portugal in the Middle Ages’] , an extensive text that would be published as a book by Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda in 1986. He became one of the pioneers in Portugal, following Oliveira Marques, in the field of the History of Food.
This work is financed by national funds through FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P, in the scope of the projects UIDB/04311/2020 and UIDP/04311/2020.
