To watch the orthodoxy: limitations and complementarities between the inquisition and ecclesiastical justice in portuguese America

Authors

  • Pollyanna Gouveia Mendonça Muniz Universidade Federal do Maranhão
  • Yllan de Mattos Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (Unesp-Franca)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9141.rh.2014.89014

Keywords:

inquisition, ecclesiastical justice, church, colonial Brazil

Abstract

This article aims to contribute to a better knowledge of ecclesiastical and inquisitorial structures in the Portuguese world, especially in the America. The focus of this research is to understand the relationship between the ecclesiastical and inquisitorial tribunals, with a view to demonstrating some aspects of collaboration in many different places and times, in addition to its peculiarities. For this, we analyze their Regiments and put them in relation with the different cases and processes in order to perceive the harder the idiosyncrasies of each Court.

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Author Biographies

  • Pollyanna Gouveia Mendonça Muniz, Universidade Federal do Maranhão

    Doutora em História pela Universidade Federal Fluminense, professor adjunto II, Departamento de Ciências Humanas, Curso de Licenciatura em Ciências Humanas/História

  • Yllan de Mattos, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (Unesp-Franca)

    Doutor em História pela Universidade Federal Fluminense e professor do Departamento de História da Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais.

Published

2014-12-18

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How to Cite

MUNIZ, Pollyanna Gouveia Mendonça; MATTOS, Yllan de. To watch the orthodoxy: limitations and complementarities between the inquisition and ecclesiastical justice in portuguese America. Revista de História, São Paulo, n. 171, p. 287–316, 2014. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9141.rh.2014.89014. Disponível em: https://www.journals.usp.br/revhistoria/article/view/89014.. Acesso em: 14 may. 2024.