(1214) is widely regarded as one of the earliest dated documents written entirely in Portuguese. It consists of three copies of the will of Afonso II (1211-1223), the third king of Portugal, drawn up during a period of ill health.

Divergence of Galician and Portuguese

The Galician and Portuguese language began to diverge from their common Galician-Portuguese base from around the 11th century. Early

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