Best known in Portugal for his two landmark works, to which he devoted more than 16 years of research, Silbert’s main thesis—the future Le Portugal Méditerranéen —was only presented at the Sorbonne in 1964. There, it was debated and assessed by a jury that included Fernand Braudel, Ernest Labrousse, and Pierre Vilar (Interview with Carlos Veiga Pereira, Letras e Artes [Letters and Arts], 7/9/1966). However, Albert Silbert's contributions extended far beyond these major works. In fact, several smaller studies accompanied Albert Silbert’s main research and have been published in French and sometimes also in Portuguese since 1950, in journals such as the Bulletin des Études Portugaises or in Revista de Economia [Journal of Economics] . The first of these, " Autour de Francisco Solano Constâncio " [About Francisco Solano Constâncio], appeared in 1950, followed two years later by " Chartisme et Septembrisme. La vie politique à Porto de 1836 à 1839 d'après les consuls français. " [Chartism and Septembrism. Political life in Porto from 1836 to 1839 according to the French consuls]. In 1953, he published Contribuição para o estudo do movimento dos preços dos cereais em Lisboa (do meio do século XVIII ao meio do século XIX) [Contribution to the study of the movement of cereal prices in Lisbon (from the middle of the 18th century to the middle of the 19th century.)] While the last of these articles was an essay on economic history clearly influenced by Ernest Labrousse, the first two were rooted in political history and its potential connections with social history. These studies drew upon French archival sources, particularly the Foreign Affairs Archive, which Silbert continued to explore throughout his life. Through this work, he deepened his study of the political and diplomatic history of 19th-century Portugal. These and other works from the 1960s were published in Portuguese by Livros Horizonte [Horizon Books] in 1972, in a volume entitled Do Portugal do Antigo Regime ao Portugal Oitocentista [From the Portugal of the Ancien Régime to 19th-Century Portugal]. The collection achieved notable success following the renewal of history courses that occurred after the 25 April 1974 revolution. Texts such as O Feudalismo Português e a sua Abolição [Portuguese Feudalism and Its Abolition] and the aforementioned Cartismo e Setembrismo [Chartism and Setembrism] became compulsory reading for several generations of students. This development, however, had the unintended consequence of turning works that were never meant to be canonical into a standard reference. In the same year that "Chartisme et Septembrisme" was published in the Bulletin des Études Portugaises , Jorge Borges de Macedo highlighted the growing interest in Silbert’s work in Portugal. Although this interest was initially limited to a small circle of researchers, Macedo’s short yet highly praised critical review underscored its importance.

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