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Inquisitorial Punishments in Lisbon and Évora

In: e-Journal of Portuguese History
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R. Warren Anderson null

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Online Publication Date:
22 Aug 2012

Punishments of more than 8,000 people sentenced by the Portuguese Inquisition from 1636 to 1778 are analyzed. Incarceration was by far the most common punishment, accounting for more than two thirds of all sentences. Around six percent of those sentenced were executed. Exile and the galleys were common punishments that met the State’s needs, as well as those of the inquisitors. Religious figures received systematically different punishments for the same “defects” of sodomy and apostasy. New Christian punishments differed from those given to Old Christians; New Christians were more likely to die and be imprisoned, whereas Old Christians were exiled, whipped and sent to the galleys more frequently.

Title:
Inquisitorial Punishments in Lisbon and Évora
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26300/3kvk-gz17
Language:
English
Pages:
19–36
Keywords:
Inquisition; Portugal; New Christian; auto-de-fé
In:
e-Journal of Portuguese History
In:
Volume 10: Issue 1
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1645-6432
Subjects:
General, History, Global History, Economic History

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