3 rd volume (vols. VI to VIII of the 2 nd edition): published in 1914;

4 th volume (vols. IX and X of the 2 nd edition): published in 1922;

5 th volume (materials for … ; = vol. XI of the 2 nd edition): in an advanced state of preparation at the time of HGB ’ s death in 1925 .

Bringing this growing depth of analysis a little more into focus: HGB devoted the inaugural volume to books I and II of the work (‘Direito escripto e direito tradicional’ [Written Law and Traditional Law] and ‘Administração Central’ [Central Administration] , respectively); these would be followed by ‘Administração Geral’ [General Administration] ; but the fact is that the author would end up inserting, as book III, a long section on the ‘Situação economica do paiz’ [Economic Situation of the Country] (which in the original plan was no more than an introductory title), spread over volumes II and IV . The ‘General Administration’, as book IV, ended up being the unfinished (and unpublished) 5 th volume (volume XI of the 2 nd edition).

Notwithstanding the unfinished sections, it is obvious that HGB produced a work that covers a wide range of topics and problems in its (‘globalising’, we might almost say) approach to Portuguese medieval society, especially the materials contained in the 2 nd and subsequent volumes (which do reflect more systematic archival research, especially in the Torre do Tombo). And this is what explains the author ’ s fortune, both in life and posthumously. In fact, the publication of the first two volumes opened the doors to the Academia das Ciências de Lisboa [Lisbon Academy of Sciences] (corresponding member in 1886, effective member in 1893 , merit member in 1915 , and emeritus member in 1920), the Instituto de Coimbra [Coimbra Institute] (1886 , honorary member in 1899) , and the Real Academia de la Historia [Royal Academy of History] of Madrid (1893).

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