HP was the culmination of the intellectual journey made by Fortunato de Almeida over the previous decades, an appreciable effort to synthesise the extensive bibliographical collection work carried out in the meantime, prepared by the aforementioned 1899 textbook and the Esboço de História de Portugal: Com Episódios, Biografias e Tradições [ Outline of the History of Portugal: With Episodes, Biographies and Traditions ] , which came out in 1920, just two years before the start of the work under consideration…

In addition to the Academia das Ciências de Lisboa [ Lisbon Academy of Sciences] and the Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa [ Lisbon Geographical Society ] , he was a full member of the Instituto de Coimbra from 1896 onwards . He was secretary of the Literature, Humanities and Arts sector between 1910 and 1923 , and was a member of the special editorial committee of the journal O Instituto from 1924 onwards. He actively participated in the Sociedade Portuguesa de Estudos Históricos [ Portuguese Society for Historical Studies] launched by Fidelino de Figueiredo, publishing in the Revista de História [ Journal of History ] some of the studies related to the preparation of his two major works, such as “ A Questão do Apresamento da Barca ‘ Charles et George ’ e o Conselho de Estado ” [ The Question of the Seizure of the ‘ Charles et George ’ and the Council of State ] (1917), “ Subsídios para a História Económica de Portugal ” [ Subsidies for the Economic History of Portugal ] (1920) – an appraisal of Pombaline policy in this area. He was honoured with the “ Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice ” award, the highest award the Holy See bestows on a layperson.

Bibliografia activa: ALMEIDA, Fortunato de, O Infante de Sagres. Obra premiada no concurso de memórias sobre o Infante D. Henrique por occasião das festas do quinto centenário do nascimento do mesmo infante , Porto, Livr. Portuense/Lisboa, Sá da Costa, 1894; História das instituições em Portugal , Porto, Livr. Magalhães & Moniz, 1903; Alexandre Herculano Historiador: Conferência celebrada no Lyceu Central de Coimbra , Coimbra, Imprensa Académica, 1910; História da Igreja em Portugal , 8 volumes, Coimbra, Imprensa Académica, 1910-1922; IBIDEM, Nova edição preparada por Damião Peres, 4 volumes, Porto, Portucalense, 1967; La découverte de l'Amerique: Pierre d'Ailly et Christophe Colomb: les voyages des portugais vers l'Ouest pendant le XVe siècle , Coimbra, França Amado, 1913; D. Francisco Alexandre Lobo , Coimbra, Imprensa da Universidade, 1918; Gama Barros e a «História da Administração Pública em Portugal» , Coimbra, Imprensa da Universidade, 1921; História de Portugal , 6 volumes, Coimbra, Imprensa da Universidade, 1922-1929.

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