The internal structure of the Archivo was relatively simple: it always featured a short “Summary” of the authors and their articles in the volume on the first page. Each also had important alphabetical indexes and chronologies (in the last pages), which were essentially the result of the methodical persistence of A. Braamcamp Freire and were undoubtedly a useful tool for work or quick research – there were cases, such as in 1910, when publication was delayed because these indexes were not completed. In fact, the creation of indexes on different themes or subjects became a hallmark of A. Braamcamp Freire’s historiographical production, as António Baião would symptomatically refer to years later ( Elogio Histórico de A. Braamcamp Freire , 1925, p. 7). However, one volume deserves special mention, volume IV, from 1906: it not only contains a short financial report, in which we can see that the Archivo 's finances were (chronically?) in deficit ( Archivo , vol. IV, pp. VI-VII), but also an interesting list of subscribers to the journal (another, shorter list appears in the following volume), which is notable for its relative geographical diversity, both national and foreign (but also at the institutional level).

The reasons why the publication of the Archivo came to an abrupt end are unknown.

Source: Archivo Historico Portuguez , 11 vols., Lisbon, 1904-1916. (volumes 1, 4, 5 e 6 available online at

Bibliografia: BAIÃO, António, Elogio Histórico de A. Braamcamp Freire , Coimbra, Imprensa da Universidade, 1925; CUNHA, Rosalinda, Repertório de Revistas Portuguesas de História, 1818-1974 , Separata da Revista da Biblioteca Nacional, nº 2, 1981; FREIRE, Anselmo Braamcamp, Crítica e História, Estudos , vols. I-II, Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1996 [1910]; MENDES, José Amado, "Revistas de História", in CATROGA, Fernando, TORGAL, Luís Reis, MENDES, José Amado, História da História em Portugal, séculos XIX-XX , Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores, 1996, pp. 211-214; Revistas Portuguesas de História e Ciências Correlativas, Inventário Bibliográfico , Lisboa, Sociedade Portuguesa de Estudos Históricos, 1915; TAVARES, Maria Sidónia, Descobrimentos e navegações no Archivo Historico Portuguez , Dissertação de Mestrado, FLUL, Lisboa, 2011. Ricardo de Brito

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