From the 1960s onwards, already disillusioned with the course of the Estado Novo, which he considered had failed to fulfil its aim of re-establishing the monarchy in Portugal, he gradually moved away from politics to devote himself to writing, teaching (at the Higher Institute of Social Sciences and Overseas Politics ) , and research. A member of the Academia Portuguesa de História [Portuguese Academy of History] , the Academia de Ciências [Academy of Sciences] and the Associação Portuguesa de Escritores Católicos [Portuguese Association of Catholic Writers] , he was also a member of the Duke of Bragança ’ s privy council towards the end of his life. A prolific author, his most notable works include No Limiar da Idade-Nova [On the Threshold of the New Age] (1934, Ramalho Ortigão prize), São Tomás de Aquino [St Thomas Aquinas] (1938); various biographical booklets (especially a legitimist book dedicated to D. Miguel) , and more apologetic works, such as A Contra-revolução [The counter-revolution] (1928), Panorama do Nacionalismo Português [Panorama of Portuguese Nationalism] (1932) or Construção do Novo Estado [Building the New State] (1938); and, especially, História de Portugal [History of Portugal] (awarded the Alexandre Herculano prize in 1941, with successive reissues until the 1980s – seven printings, with 22,000 copies, between 1940 and 1974 (Gonçalo Sampaio e Mello, Espólio de João Ameal [Estate of João Ameal] , BN, p.15) and História da Europa [History of Europe] ( started in 1967 , but its edition was completed after his death).

He also directed or collaborated throughout his life with a series of periodicals, most notably Acção Realista [Royalist Action] , O Dia [The Day] , Diário da Manhã [Morning Daily] , Diário de Notícias [Daily News] , Época [Epoch] , Ilustração Portuguesa [Portuguese Ilustration] , Integralismo Lusitano – Estudos Portugueses [Lusitanian Integralism- Portuguese Studies] , Nação Portuguesa [Portuguese Nation] , Rumos [Routes] , among others.

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