Inquisição de Tomar
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-IT
Type of reference number
Archival reference number
Title (English)
Inquisition of Tomar
Title (official language of the state)
Inquisição de Tomar
Language of title
por
Creator / accumulator
Tribunal do Santo Ofício
Date(s)
1541/1544
Language(s)
por
Extent
1 book
Type of material
Textual Material
Scope and content
This subfonds of the Tribunal do Santo Ofício is composed of only one book from the archive of the Inquisition of Tomar. Following the extinction of the court in 1547, its records were incorporated into the Inquisition of Lisbon. However, this book remained in the Convent of Tomar. It includes trials of New Christians sentenced in the Convent of Tomar by Prior António de Lisboa.
Archival history
After the extinction of the Inquisition of Tomar, its records joined the Inquisition of Lisbon archive. However, one book remained in the Convent of Tomar. This volume was incorporated into the National Archives of the Torre do Tombo in 1873, together with the registry of the Order of Christ.
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, in the sequence of 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, in the sequence of 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