This work is cited by the Arquivo Histórico Português [Portuguese Historical Archive] in 1909, but it was not until 1916 that his first collaboration with this magazine was recorded with the article ‘ A evolução do sebastianismo ’ [The evolution of Sebastianism] . In 1917, he wrote another article on Pombal ’ s mission to Vienna. The work on the Marquis and his time justifies the attention of the Academia das Ciências. He wrote the first critical presentation of this work. The opinion written by Secretary Cristovão Ayres on his application for membership dates from the session of the Class of Humanities on 12 May 1910. In it, the rapporteur pointed out the basis of his assessment, the works O Marquês de Pombal e a sua época [The Marquis de Pombal and his time] and Os Jesuítas no Grão-Pará [The Jesuits in the Grão-Pará] : ‘The first of these books would be enough to constitute a suitable title for the admission of this writer, but it is a good precept that the work of an applicant for the honour of being admitted to the guild of this learned corporation should be considered as a whole’. As far as the work on Pombal was concerned, a figure that the rapporteur praised almost panegyrically, it would be necessary to study his personality and actions through ‘a group of men of literature, or better still (...) an Academy’. Until such a vast study was carried out, ‘to be applauded, praised and encouraged are works such as those by Mr Lucio de Azevedo, who in a lucid, impartial and developed summary presents us with the life and work of Pombal, in the light of a critique carried out on authentic documents’, especially the Pombaline Collection belonging to the National Library.

Lúcio d ’ Azevedo committed to the Academia das Ciência several of his works, which were published in the Boletim da Segunda from 1912 onwards. These include those dedicated to Father António Vieira (diplomatic missions, correspondence, unpublished works) and Portuguese Jews, erudite works based on documentary collections and Portuguese and foreign bibliographies . The first of these was presented at a session in 1915 and was appreciated by H. Lopes de Mendonça, Pedro de Azevedo , and Edgar Prestage, who encouraged the author to continue ‘his valuable work’. H is collaboration as a historian continued: the following year , he published ‘Os Jesuitas e a Inquisição em conflito no século XVII’ [The Jesuits and the Inquisition in conflict in the 17 th century] and ‘Dezanove cartas inéditas do Padre António Vieira’ [Nineteen unpublished letters from Father António Vieira] according to documentation from the Évora Library concerning the Marquis of Nisa, which the author presents with comments, bibliography and a long and interesting study.

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