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Series of chronicles written by the Goths that tells important historical events of the history of Portugal
(349-1222; Portuguese translation)
Letter containing donation of money for the construction of the church of Lardosa
(882; Latin facsimile)
(Translations)
Battle of Ourique according to a Goth chronicle
(1139; Portuguese transcription)
  • Bula Manifestis Probatum
Letter written by Pope Alexander III recognizing the independence of Portugal
(23 May 1179; Latin facsimile and transcription)
  • Notícia de Torto
Note about misdeeds suffered by Lourenço Fernandes. One of the oldest documents written in Old Portuguese
(1211-1216; Galician-Portuguese facsimile and transcription)
  • Testamento de Dom Afonso II
Testament of King Afonso II. One of the oldest documents written in Old Portuguese
(27 June 1214; Galician-Portuguese facsimile and transcription)
Document about the oath made by infant D. Afonso to administrate justice in his kingdom
(1245; Portuguese transcription)
How Doctor João das Regras proposed to the court of Coimbra that among four possible heirs to the throne only one was legitimate
(1384; Old Portuguese facsimile)
Document about the election of King Joao I
(1385; Portuguese transcription)
Treaty od peace between Portugal and England
(1386; Portuguese transcription)
(4 September, 1479; English translation)
Documentation of the Brazilian colonization
Including the Treaty of Tordesilhas dividing the colonizable world between Spain and Portugal.
Presented by the Portuguese Biblioteca Nacional
(15th-16th centuries; commentaries, facsimiles and transcriptions)
This scribe informed the King of Portugal about the discovery of Brazil.
(1 May 1500; Portuguese-language facsimile and transcription)
Following explorers from Portugal during the Age of Discovery.
(16th-17th centuries; maps, facsimiles, and commentary)
(Translations and transcriptions).
Manifesto of infant D. Pedro after the coup that overthrew his brother
(1667; transcription)
Political testament in which D. Luís tells his heir the political situation of the kingdom
(1749; transcription and commentaries)
Royal act granting to the Portuguese Inquisition the status of Royal Tribunal, granting it independence and administrative autonomy.
(20 May 1769; transcription)
(1807; transcriptions).
Political Documents from Portuguese History
(18th - 20th centuries; Portuguese-language transcriptions)
Digital copy of the exhibition in UC Berkeley's Bancroft Library.
Click on "Keyword Cloud" to be guided to various events in the history of the Portuguese Republic.
(1910-present; digital images and commentary)
List of Portuguese Historical Works digitized by the National Library
(Facsimiles and transcriptions in Portuguese)
A collection of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
(1939-1945; transcriptions and translations)
A collection of documents related to WWII.
From the Avalon Project.
Digital primary documents assembled at Mount Holyoke College.
(1938-1945; translations)
Forward and Executive Summary to the Preliminary Study from the U.S. State Department.
(1939-present; transcriptions)
From the U.S. State Department: Supplement to Preliminary Study on U.S. and Allied Efforts yo Recover and Restore Gold and other Assets Stolen or Hidden by Germany During World War II
(1939-present; transcriptions)
Constitution of the Republic of Portugal with amendments from 1976 onward.
(Portuguese transcriptions)
(English translation)
Provided by Beja Polytechnical Institute.
A database of text documents provided by the Ministry of Justice.
Library of Congress guide to constitutional, legal and government documents.
Database of fundamental documents relating to Portuguese Legal History.
Browse or search the database.
(16th - 20th centuries; facsimiles)
A digital collection of historic Portuguese newspapers and journals.
(19th & 20th centuries; facsimiles and transcriptions)
Portuguese National Digital Library with many books, maps and documents.
(Facsimiles)
Digitized chronicles and related source documents in Portuguese history.
A product of the Biblioteca Nacional Digital.
(16th-20th centuries; facsimiles)
An annotated and growing list of Spanish and Portugese rare books online (scroll down for Portuguese titles).
A part of DigiSpain coordinated by Klaus Graf.
(Medieval to 19th century; facsimiles and transcriptions)
Includes maps and other geographic data on demography and political history in Portugal
Spearheaded by Prof. Luís Nuno Espinha da Silveira.
A project of the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI)
(Facsimiles and textual commentaries).
A set of historical maps from Dr. Ronnie Ellenblum's Historic Cities
(Facsimiles)
Map of Spain and Portugal in 1810.
(1810; zoomable map)
Includes primary and secondary documents, provided by Don Mabry.
(Transcriptions, facsimiles and commentaries, mostly in English)
(Facsimiles).

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