According to HL, the Estado Novo took the opposite direction to this kind of disorder— the author characterised this regime as a period in which "greater social stability was achieved, which in turn allowed for a more responsible political process" ( A New History , p. 332) led by a president of the council who spearheaded a "policy of reform and development" ( A New History , p. 339). In fact, this more subjective analysis seems to legitimise a criticism that is essentially the result of the fact that HL not only does not adopt a condemnatory stance in his historical studies but also clearly adopts a laudatory position towards the regimes of Salazar and Franco. Harold Livermore was a foreign correspondent of the Academia das Ciências de Lisboa [Lisbon Academy of Sciences] and a member of the Academia Portuguesa de História [Portuguese Academy of History] and the Royal Historical Society . His research into Portugal and his essential role in disseminating Portuguese history and culture were recognised in 2005 by the Presidency of the Portuguese Republic, which awarded him the Grand Cross of the Order of Infante Dom Henrique.

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