Tribunal de la Inquisición de Santiago
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Country
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ES
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Name of institution (English)
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National Historical Archive
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Language of name of institution
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spa
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Contact information: postal address
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Serrano 115, 28006 Madrid
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Contact information: phone number
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0034 917688500
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Contact information: email
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ahn@cultura.gob.es
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Reference number
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INQUISICIÓN
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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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Tribunal of the Inquisition of Santiago
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Title (official language of the state)
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Tribunal de la Inquisición de Santiago
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Language of title
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spa
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Creator / accumulator
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Tribunal de la Inquisición de Santiago
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Date(s)
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1520/1834
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Language(s)
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spa
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Extent
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4 books
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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 fonds comprises documentation produced by the Inquisition of Santiago. The fonds is relatively small, containing only four books mainly referring to issues related to the economic management of the court.
The local populations offered resistance to the implementation of this court. Despite that, the court's actions against conversos accused of practising Jewish-related activities were notorious. Those fleeing from persecution in Portugal and crossing Galicia to get to other European cities and ports were particular targets of this court.
The Spanish Archives system, PARES, provides researchers with a large amount of documentation, which has already been digitised and made available online.
In most cases, consultation of inquisitorial documents should be complemented with research on other district courts and the Consejo de Inquisicion (Inquisition Council) fonds, which contains documentation produced by the Suprema. This institution had jurisdiction over all inquisitorial courts in Spanish territories.
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Administrative / Biographical history
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The Inquisition of Galicia was founded in 1574 after numerous unsuccessful attempts (1520, 1524-1532, 1561-1567). The intent was to intensify the control in a somewhat isolated region, which was particularly important given the proximity to the Atlantic and its growing importance with the Iberian Expansion processes. Its district corresponded almost precisely to the territory of Galicia, which was part of the Inquisition of Valladolid before that. The Inquisition of Galicia had its headquarters in Santiago de Compostela, a vital ecclesiastical capital of the region.
This Inquisitorial Court's activity was limited compared to that of the courts in the interior of the Peninsula. Before the early 17th century, this Court mostly persecuted Old Christians accused of blasphemy and other behaviours related to moral issues. At a later period, conversos became an important target, especially those fleeing persecution in Portugal and crossing Galicia in their passage to other territories.
The Court had difficulties imposing itself in local societies, being the target of frequent protests by local populations, who often tried to sabotage its activity. The Court was suppressed in 1820, along with the other courts of the Spanish Inquisition.
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(source: Dedieu, J.-P. 2010. “Galizia.” In Dizionario storico dell’Inquisizione, Adriano Prosperi, 2:640. Pisa: Edizioni della Normale)
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System of arrangement
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The fonds is arranged according to document type.
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Author of the description
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Kevin Soares, 2023
