Inquisição de Lamego
Item
Country
PT
Name of institution (English)
The National Archive of Torre do Tombo
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
por
Contact information: postal address
Alameda da Universidade, 1649-010 Lisbon
Contact information: phone number
00351 210 037 100
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
mail@dglab.gov.pt
Reference number
PT/TT/TSO-ILM
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
Inquisition of Lamego
Title (official language of the state)
Inquisição de Lamego
Language of title
por
Creator / accumulator
Tribunal do Santo Ofício
Date(s)
1541/1546
Language(s)
por
Extent
9 storage units (1 book and 8 documents)
Type of material
Textual Material
Scope and content
This subfonds of the Tribunal do Santo Ofício gathers a few records produced by the Inquisition of Lamego during its short lifetime. This court was created in 1541 and shut down on the occasion of the general pardon in 1547.
This small collection includes a book with records of denunciations made to the Lamego court between 1543 and 1544 (PT/TT/TSO-ILM/001/0001); eight separate documents containing denunciations (PT/TT/TSO-ILM/001/0001; PT/TT/TSO-ILM/001/0002; PT/TT/TSO-ILM/001/0003; PT/TT/TSO-ILM/001/0004); and letters addressed to the court (PT/TT/TSO-ILM/001/0005; PT/TT/TSO-ILM/001/0006; and PT/TT/TSO-ILM/001/0007). Some of these items are related to accusations of Judaism against New Christians.
This small collection includes a book with records of denunciations made to the Lamego court between 1543 and 1544 (PT/TT/TSO-ILM/001/0001); eight separate documents containing denunciations (PT/TT/TSO-ILM/001/0001; PT/TT/TSO-ILM/001/0002; PT/TT/TSO-ILM/001/0003; PT/TT/TSO-ILM/001/0004); and letters addressed to the court (PT/TT/TSO-ILM/001/0005; PT/TT/TSO-ILM/001/0006; and PT/TT/TSO-ILM/001/0007). Some of these items are related to accusations of Judaism against New Christians.
Archival history
After the extinction of the Inquisition of Lamego in 1547, its archive was incorporated into the Inquisition of Lisbon.
Following the extinction of the Inquisition in Portugal (1821), the records of the Inquisition of Lisbon were deposited in the section of manuscripts of the Biblioteca Pública de Lisboa (Public Library of Lisbon), where they remained until 1823. The following year, the Desembargo do Paço (Royal High Court) requested the vacancy of the Censorship warehouse in the Biblioteca Pública de Lisboa to reinstall the Censorship. King Pedro IV ordered the minister Marquis of Palmela to send the Desembargo do Paço’s consultation on the Censorship warehouse to the Viscount of Santarém, the chief guard of the Royal Archive of Torre do Tombo. Following the opinion of the Viscount, the Marquis of Palmela notified that the documents of the Conselho Geral (General Council) of the Holy Office and the Inquisition of Lisbon should be stored in the Torre do Tombo and its facilities expanded. After some resistance from Joaquim Ferreira Gordo, the chief librarian of the public library, a final order requiring the transition of the collections to the Royal Archive was issued on June 27, 1825. At the beginning of the following month, the Inquisition of Lisbon collection started to be incorporated into the Torre do Tombo.
In the 20th century, some items were occasionally reproduced on microfilm. In 2007, a project to digitise the entire collection began. Following the project “Inquisição de Lisboa online” (online Inquisition of Lisbon), the descriptive records of the entire collection became available online. Due to the poor state of conservation of many documents, the tasks of restoration, description and digitisation of the collection lasted until 2014, when the curative intervention by the Conservation and Restoration Office was completed.
Following the extinction of the Inquisition in Portugal (1821), the records of the Inquisition of Lisbon were deposited in the section of manuscripts of the Biblioteca Pública de Lisboa (Public Library of Lisbon), where they remained until 1823. The following year, the Desembargo do Paço (Royal High Court) requested the vacancy of the Censorship warehouse in the Biblioteca Pública de Lisboa to reinstall the Censorship. King Pedro IV ordered the minister Marquis of Palmela to send the Desembargo do Paço’s consultation on the Censorship warehouse to the Viscount of Santarém, the chief guard of the Royal Archive of Torre do Tombo. Following the opinion of the Viscount, the Marquis of Palmela notified that the documents of the Conselho Geral (General Council) of the Holy Office and the Inquisition of Lisbon should be stored in the Torre do Tombo and its facilities expanded. After some resistance from Joaquim Ferreira Gordo, the chief librarian of the public library, a final order requiring the transition of the collections to the Royal Archive was issued on June 27, 1825. At the beginning of the following month, the Inquisition of Lisbon collection started to be incorporated into the Torre do Tombo.
In the 20th century, some items were occasionally reproduced on microfilm. In 2007, a project to digitise the entire collection began. Following the project “Inquisição de Lisboa online” (online Inquisition of Lisbon), the descriptive records of the entire collection became available online. Due to the poor state of conservation of many documents, the tasks of restoration, description and digitisation of the collection lasted until 2014, when the curative intervention by the Conservation and Restoration Office was completed.
Administrative / Biographical history
The Holy Office Tribunal was officially established by the papal bull Cum ad nihil magis on May 23, 1536. Then, the royal court was settled in Évora. When the king moved to Lisbon in 1537, the Holy Office Tribunal followed him. The Inquisition of Lisbon was the only Inquisition court until 1541. Then, the courts of Coimbra, Évora, Porto, Lamego and Tomar were created. The latter three courts had short lives and were extinct in 1547 after the general pardon given by Pope Paul III to the New Christians and the following reorganisation of the Holy Office Tribunal.
The different territories of continental Portugal were under the authority of the courts of Lisbon (Central region), Coimbra (Northern region) and Évora (Southern region). The Inquisition of Lisbon also had jurisdiction over the Atlantic islands, Brazil and Portuguese territories in Western Africa. After the creation of the Inquisition of Goa in 1560, it took jurisdiction over the Portuguese territories in Asia and Eastern Africa.
The first Regiment of the Inquisition was only published in 1552. These by-laws were reviewed and collected in new regiments in 1613, 1640 and 1774. During the reign of King José, the Holy Office Tribunal became a royal court. It had already lost its primary target — the New Christians or conversos — after the decree that abolished the distinction between New and Old Christians in 1773. In addition, the censorship authority was transferred from the Holy Office to another secular tribunal, the Mesa da Consciência e Ordens. The Inquisition entered decadence, and following the Liberal Revolution, the Cortes Gerais Constituintes (Parliament) extinguished the Holy Office Tribunal in 1821.
The different territories of continental Portugal were under the authority of the courts of Lisbon (Central region), Coimbra (Northern region) and Évora (Southern region). The Inquisition of Lisbon also had jurisdiction over the Atlantic islands, Brazil and Portuguese territories in Western Africa. After the creation of the Inquisition of Goa in 1560, it took jurisdiction over the Portuguese territories in Asia and Eastern Africa.
The first Regiment of the Inquisition was only published in 1552. These by-laws were reviewed and collected in new regiments in 1613, 1640 and 1774. During the reign of King José, the Holy Office Tribunal became a royal court. It had already lost its primary target — the New Christians or conversos — after the decree that abolished the distinction between New and Old Christians in 1773. In addition, the censorship authority was transferred from the Holy Office to another secular tribunal, the Mesa da Consciência e Ordens. The Inquisition entered decadence, and following the Liberal Revolution, the Cortes Gerais Constituintes (Parliament) extinguished the Holy Office Tribunal in 1821.
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Author of the description
Carla Vieira, 2023
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