Livraria Tarouca
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Country
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PT
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Name of institution (English)
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National Library of Portugal
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Language of name of institution
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por
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Contact information: postal address
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Campo Grande, 83, 1749-081 Lisbon
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Contact information: phone number
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00351 217982000
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Contact information: email
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bn@bnportugal.gov.pt
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Reference number
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A.T./L.
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Type of reference number
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Archival reference number
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Title (English)
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The Tarouca Library
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Title (official language of the state)
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Livraria Tarouca
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Language of title
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por
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Creator / accumulator
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Tarouca House
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Date note
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16th century/19th century
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Language(s)
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por
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Extent
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c. 351 storage units
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Type of material
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Textual Material
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Scope and content
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This collection comprises manuscripts from the house library of the Tarouca, a Portuguese noble house related to the highest political and diplomatic organisations. The collection covers various topics, particularly history, literature and genealogy. It also includes scattered documentation related to the Portuguese Inquisition and collections of diplomatic correspondence. Some materials contain relevant information regarding Portuguese New Christians and Sephardic Jews. The following are some examples:
A.T./L. 62: Collection of documents regarding the Inquisition in Portugal and the diligence of New Christians against its implementation. 17th century.
A.T./L. 90: Petition of New Christians for the reform of the Inquisition's proceedings, presented to Prince Regent Pedro II (regency: 1668-1683).
A.T./L. 164: Collection of letters from João Gomes da Silva, Count of Tarouca, during his diplomatic missions in the Hague, London and Vienna. It includes a letter to the Marquis of Alegrete on May 9, 1713, containing information on Izac Barbanelli's business partners in Lisbon. Barbanelli was a Sephardic merchant based in Amsterdam who had close ties with Portuguese merchants and the Portuguese Crown. In another letter to Alegrete on February 1, 1714, Tarouca referred to the economic impact of the persecution against New Christians in the Portuguese Empire on commerce.
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Archival history
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This library was acquired in 1971 from the heirs of the 12th Count of Tarouca, Sebastião José Eduardo Pereira da Silva de Sousa e Meneses (1855-1934), along with the family archive. It consists of around 250 library manuscripts that date from the 16th to the 19th centuries and belonged to the Houses of the Marquises of Alegrete, the Counts of Tarouca, the Marquises of Penalva and the Counts of Vilar Maior, whose members played an important role in Portuguese history, politics and literature in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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(source: Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal)
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Author of the description
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Kevin Soares, 2023
