Download or read book The Portuguese Inquisition The History of the Portuguese Empire s Religious Persecution of Non Christians in Portugal and Asia written by Charles River Editors and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-03-16 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "Goa is sadly famous for its inquisition, equally contrary to humanity and commerce. The Portuguese monks made us believe that the people worshiped the devil, and it is they who have served him." - Voltaire The road to the modern age of cultural harmony and acceptance is one of the finest feats of human progress, but having said that, there was once a time when the mere doubt of a religious figure's existence was not only punishable by law, it could very well cost a man his life. This was the crime of heresy. This kind of religious persecution has been around for thousands of years, and Christians were often the victims, but when the Catholic Church began its rapid expansion throughout Europe during the Middle Ages, the tables were turned. In 1184, Pope Lucius III issued a papal bull that would kick off a long-standing tradition of heretic-hunting, and as a result, the Age of the Inquisitions commenced. In a twist of events, the persecuted became the persecutors. From then on, the Roman Catholic Church took it upon itself to hold tribunals, or judicial courts, in a quest to exterminate heresy once and for all. These inquisitions, which would plague Europe for centuries, is believed to have seen hundreds of thousands persecuted for beliefs that went against the Church. A startling portion of them would be brutally tortured and sent to their deaths, and as Catholic empires expanded across the globe, the persecution would travel with them. It was roughly around this time that a period of European exploration began, and major factors that contributed to this period of exploration were introduced by the Chinese, albeit indirectly. The magnetic compass had already been developed and used by the Chinese sailors since the 12th century, although it had first been created in the 3rd century BCE as a divination device. The Song Dynasty then began using the device for land navigation in the 11th century and sailors began using it shortly after. The technology slowly spread west via Arab traders, although a case can be made for the independent European creation for the compass (Southey 1812: 210). Regardless, by the 13th century the compass had found its way to Western traders, coming at a time that trade had been increasing across Europe. When it became clear Columbus hadn't landed in Asia, it was understood by everyone that this was not necessarily the route the Europeans were searching for, and the Portuguese continued to send explorers around the Cape of Good Hope in an attempt to reach the East Indies. After a two-year voyage, in 1499, Vasco da Gama had successfully reached India and returned to Portugal. The Portuguese had found access to the trade regions that they had been searching for, but sailing from Portugal to India and beyond would require too many resources to travel with at once. To remedy this problem, Portugal began establishing a number of forts and trading posts along the route. The Portuguese were able to establish a fort on the west coast of India, Fort Manuel, in 1500, and in 1505 a fort was erected off the coast of Tanzania, thus beginning a trend of European colonization in Africa and Asia that would last for the next 400 years. The Portuguese Inquisition: The History of the Portuguese Empire's Religious Persecution of Non-Christians in Portugal and Asia looks at how the Inquisition came to be, and how people were persecuted by it over the course of several centuries. Along with pictures depicting important people, places, and events, you will learn about the Portuguese Inquisition like never before.

Download or read book The Marrano Factory written by António José Saraiva and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2001 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in Portuguese in 1969, this is the only work by Antonio Jose Saraiva available in English and the only single-volume history devoted primarily to the working of the Portuguese Inquisition, a most lucid and compact survey. "The Marrano Factory" argues that the Portuguese Inquisition s stated intention of extirpating heresies and purifying Portuguese Catholicism was a monumental hoax; the true purpose of the Holy Office was the fabrication rather than the destruction of "Judaizers."

Download or read book History of the Origin and Establishment of the Inquisition in Portugal written by Alexandre Herculano and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of the Iberian Peninsula Portuguese Rule written by Kalman Dubov and published by Kalman Dubov. This book was released on 2023-04-24 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 5 December 1496, King Manuel I signed the edict of expulsion affecting all Jews in Portugal, effective in 1497. In 1536, the Portuguese Inquisition was established, ending in 1821. These 324 years were centuries of unremitting difficulty for Jews, in Portugal itself as well as in any territory governed by Portugal. In 2015, Portugal offered dual nationality to Jews who had a connection to the country, with a path to citizenship. Portuguese requirements for citizenship differed significantly from a similar offer by Spain, making the Portuguese pathway, simpler and less complicated. This volume discusses my family's narrative showing my connection to Portugal and how I met each of the requirements for citizenship.

Download or read book History Of The Origin And Establishment Of The Inquisition In Portugal written by Alexander Herculano and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book A History of Portugal and the Portuguese Empire written by Anthony R. Disney and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-13 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive overview and reinterpretation of Portugal's formation and history up to 1807 and of its wide-flung maritime empire.

Download or read book Agents of Orthodoxy written by James E. Wadsworth and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2006-12-28 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Portuguese Inquisition is often portrayed as a tyrannical institution that imposed itself on an unsuspecting and impotent society. The men who ran it are depicted as unprincipled bandits and ruthless spies who gleefully dragged their neighbors away to rot in dark, pestilential prisons. In this new study, based on extensive archival research, James E. Wadsworth challenges these myths by focusing on the lay and clerical officials who staffed the Inquisition in colonial Pernambuco, one of Brazil's oldest, wealthiest, and most populated colonies. He argues that the Inquisition was an integral part of colonial society and that it reflected and reinforced deeply held social and religious values that crossed the Atlantic, recreated themselves in colonial Brazil, and became powerful tools for exclusion and promotion in Brazilian society. The Inquisition successfully appropriated widely held social norms and manipulated social tensions to create and recreate its own power and prestige for almost three hundred years. It finally declined only when its capacity to socially promote its officials diminished in the late eighteenth century. Agents of Orthodoxy places the men who ran the Inquisition in historical context and demonstrates that they were often motivated by social aspirations in seeking inquisitional appointments. Beautifully written and extensively researched, this book sheds new light on a long-standing institution and its participants.

Download or read book The Crash of A Civilization written by Kanchan Banerjee and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2022-07-13 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Current condition of each citizen, the society, and the nation are the result of a deeply complex history. But what we know from history books, especially academic textbooks, are constructs based on the narratives of political powers, colonists, and outdated socioeconomic analysts. The time has come to know and understand our true history from fresh and updated perspectives. The subject of this book is how foreign ideologies and forces Christian, Islamic, and later colonists, western and Marxists' profound and long-term influence have impacted India, her society, and people. With a computer science back- ground, Kanchan Banerjee makes this remarkable and significant contribution, attempting to depict the current era with unique and lively storytelling using carefully studied evidence, logical deduction, and analysis. He has given detailed and comprehensive descriptions and assessments from pre-Islamic Arabia's history, foreign attacks and invasions of the Huns, the Turks to the Islamic rule and occupation in Delhi, and the British colonial and imperial atrocities. How did the crash and fall of a great ancient civilization happen? How has it been wounded the body and soul of a nation to break into several pieces? And what is the way to change the direction to the path of recovery and revival? This book is an effort to find the answers to these questions from our true history. If we know our past, we can change our future as well.

Download or read book Norms beyond Empire written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Norms beyond Empire seeks to rethink the relationship between law and empire by emphasizing the role of local normative production. While European imperialism is often viewed as being able to shape colonial law and government to its image, this volume argues that early modern empires could never monolithically control how these processes unfolded. Examining the Iberian empires in Asia, it seeks to look at norms as a means of escaping the often too narrow concept of law and look beyond empire to highlight the ways in which law-making and local normativities frequently acted beyond colonial rule. The ten chapters explore normative production from this perspective by focusing on case studies from China, India, Japan, and the Philippines. Contributors are: Manuel Bastias Saavedra, Marya Svetlana T. Camacho, Luisa Stella de Oliveira Coutinho Silva, Rômulo da Silva Ehalt, Patricia Souza de Faria, Fupeng Li, Miguel Rodrigues Lourenço, Abisai Perez Zamarripa, Marina Torres Trimállez, and Ângela Barreto Xavier.

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Download or read book La Inquisici n Portuguesa written by Charles River Editors and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Goa es tristemente famosa por su inquisición, contraria por igual a la humanidad y el comercio. Los monjes portugueses nos hicieron creer que la gente adoraba al diablo, y son ellos quienes lo han servido." - Voltaire Para mediados del siglo XV, el Imperio Bizantino se había derrumbado y las diversas Cruzadas que habían tenido lugar en la región habían trastocado el buen funcionamiento de las rutas terrestres del comercio y la Ruta de la Seda. Para agravar las dificultades, en lugar de los bizantinos surgió el Imperio otomano y el estalló la Muerte Negra en Europa. Fue aproximadamente en esa época cuando comenzó un período de exploración en Europa. Los factores principales que contribuyeron a ese auge de la exploración se deben a los chinos, aunque de manera indirecta. La brújula magnética ya había sido desarrollada y utilizada por los navegantes chinos desde el siglo XII, aunque se había creado en el siglo III AC como un dispositivo para la adivinación. Luego, la Dinastía Song comenzó a usar ese instrumento para la navegación terrestre en el siglo XI, y poco después los marineros comenzaron a utilizarlo. El avance tecnológico se diseminó lentamente hacia el occidente a través de los comerciantes árabes, aunque se puede argumentar que la brújula también se creó de manera independiente en Europa (Southey 1812: 210). En cualquier caso, en el siglo XIII la brújula ya había llegado a manos de los comerciantes occidentales, justo en el momento en que la actividad comercial aumentaba en toda Europa. El comercio europeo pudo aumentar en todo el mundo debido a la introducción de barcos más efectivos, y algunas de las mejoras que se hicieron a éstos fueron introducidas por primera vez por los chinos. La introducción de barcos de varios mástiles y timones de popa permitieron a los barcos viajar más rápido y hacerlos más maniobrables. A comienzos del siglo XV los barcos eran mucho más grandes y capaces de soportar viajes de gran distancia con un menor número de tripulantes a bordo. Así, los portugueses comenzaron a explorar la costa oeste de África y el Atlántico bajo las órdenes del príncipe Enrique el Navegante. En este punto, los europeos aún no habían sido capaces de navegar completamente alrededor de África, ya que los barcos que se estaban construyendo todavía no eran capaces de navegar muy lejos de la costa y la navegación en aguas abiertas era difícil, pero los portugueses continuaron avanzando hacia el sur por la costa occidental africana buscando la manera de evitar a los otomanos y musulmanes de África, que habían estado dificultando las rutas comerciales por tierra. En 1451, el príncipe Enrique el Navegante ayudó a financiar y desarrollar un nuevo tipo de barco, la carabela, que contaba con velas de cuchillo triangulares y podía viajar en mar abierto y navegar contra el viento. En 1488 Bartolomé Díaz remontó el extremo sur de África, que fue nombrado Cabo de Buena Esperanza por el rey Juan de Portugal, y entró al Océano Índico desde el Atlántico. Un explorador, Cristóbal Colón, buscó fondos de los portugueses para encontrar un pasaje a Asia navegando hacia el oeste, pero fue rechazado. En ese momento, a finales del siglo XV, el dominio portugués de las rutas marítimas en África occidental impulsó a la vecina Corona de Castilla y a los monarcas católicos de España a buscar una ruta alternativa hacia el sur y el este de Asia (la zona denominada las Indias), por lo que proporcionaron a Colón el dinero que requería. En última instancia, Colón descubrió América en 1492, y con el tiempo se establecierían los españoles en las "Indias Occidentales".

Download or read book A Inquisi o Portuguesa written by Charles River and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-26 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Goa é tristemente famosa pela sua inquisição, igualmente contrária à humanidade e ao comércio. Os monges portugueses fizeram-nos acreditar que o povo adorava o diabo e foram eles que o serviram ". - Voltaire Em meados do século 15 o Império Bizantino entrou em colapso e as várias Cruzadas que aconteceram na região interromperam em grande parte as rotas terrestres da Rota da Seda e do comércio. Para agravar as dificuldades do comércio, estava a ascensão do Império Otomano no lugar dos bizantinos e a eclosão da Peste Negra na Europa. Foi mais ou menos nessa época que começou um período de exploração europeia, e os principais fatores que contribuíram para esse período de exploração foram introduzidos pelos chineses, embora indiretamente. A bússola magnética já havia sido desenvolvida e usada pelos marinheiros chineses desde o século 12, embora tivesse sido criada no século 3 AC como um dispositivo de adivinhação. A Dinastia Song então começou a usar o dispositivo para navegação terrestre no século 11 e os marinheiros começaram a usá-la logo depois. A tecnologia se espalhou lentamente para o oeste por meio de comerciantes árabes, embora outra história possa ser contada sobre a criação europeia da bússola (Southey 1812: 210). Independentemente disso, por volta do século 13, a bússola encontrou seu valor nas mãos dos comerciantes ocidentais, surgindo em um momento em que o comércio estava aumentando em toda a Europa. O comércio pôde aumentar na Europa em todo o mundo devido à introdução de navios mais eficazes, e algumas das melhorias feitas nos navios foram introduzidas pela primeira vez pelos chineses. A introdução de navios com múltiplos mastros e leme de popa permitiu que os navios viajassem mais rapidamente e fossem mais manobráveis. No início do século 15, os navios eram muito maiores e capazes de suportar viagens de longa distância com um número mínimo de tripulantes a bordo. Com isso, os portugueses passaram a explorar a costa oeste da África e o Atlântico sob as ordens do Infante D. Henrique, o Navegador. Neste ponto, os europeus ainda não eram capazes de navegar completamente em torno da África, uma vez que os navios em construção ainda não eram totalmente capazes de navegar muito longe da costa e a navegação em águas abertas era difícil, mas os portugueses continuaram a empurrar os navios para a costa oeste da África procurando maneiras de contornar os otomanos e muçulmanos da África que vinham dificultando as rotas de comércio terrestre. Em 1451, o Infante D. Henrique ajudou a financiar e desenvolver um novo tipo de navio, a caravela, que apresentava velas latinas triangulares e que era capaz de viajar em mar aberto e navegar contra o vento.Em 1488, Bartolomeu Diaz contornou o extremo sul da África, batizado de Cabo da Boa Esperança pelo Rei João de Portugal, e entrou no Oceano Índico pelo Atlântico. Os portugueses encontraram acesso às regiões comerciais que procuravam, mas navegar de Portugal para a Índia e além exigiria muitos recursos para viajar de uma vez. Para remediar este problema, Portugal começou a estabelecer uma série de fortes e feitorias ao longo da rota. Os portugueses conseguiram estabelecer um forte na costa oeste da Índia, o Forte Manuel, em 1500, e em 1505 um forte foi erguido na costa da Tanzânia, iniciando assim uma tendência de colonização europeia na África e na Ásia que duraria pelo próximos 400 anos. O caminho para a era moderna de harmonia e aceitação cultural é um dos melhores feitos do progresso humano, mas, dito isso, houve um tempo em que a mera dúvida da existência de uma figura religiosa não era apenas punível por lei, mas poderia muito bem custar a vida de um homem. Este era o crime de heresia. Esse tipo de perseguição religiosa existe há milhares de anos, e os cristãos costumavam ser as vítimas, mas quando a Igreja Católica começou sua rápida expansão pela E

Download or read book The Cambridge History of Judaism Volume 7 The Early Modern World 1500 1815 written by Jonathan Karp and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 1154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This seventh volume of The Cambridge History of Judaism provides an authoritative and detailed overview of early modern Jewish history, from 1500 to 1815. The essays, written by an international team of scholars, situate the Jewish experience in relation to the multiple political, intellectual and cultural currents of the period. They also explore and problematize the 'modernization' of world Jewry over this period from a global perspective, covering Jews in the Islamic world and in the Americas, as well as in Europe, with many chapters straddling the conventional lines of division between Sephardic, Ashkenazic, and Mizrahi history. The most up-to-date, comprehensive, and authoritative work in this field currently available, this volume will serve as an essential reference tool and ideal point of entry for advanced students and scholars of early modern Jewish history.

Download or read book Early Modern Prophecies in Transnational National and Regional Contexts 3 vols written by Lionel Laborie and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-12-07 with total page 893 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laborie and Hessayon bring rare prophetic and millenarian texts to an international audience by presenting sources from all over Europe (broadly defined), and across the early modern period in English for the first time.

Download or read book The Spanish Inquisition written by Joseph Pérez and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few institutions in Western history have as fearful a reputation as the Spanish Inquisition. For centuries Europe trembled at its name. Nobody was safe in this terrifying battle for the unachievable aim of unified faith. Established by papal bull in 1478, the first task of the Spanish Inquisition was to question Jewish converts to Christianity and to expose and execute those found guilty of reversion. It then turned on Spanish Jews in general, sending three hundred thousand into exile. Next in line were humanists and Lutherans. No rank was exempt. Children informed on their parents, merchants on their rivals, and priests upon their bishops. Those denounced were guilty unless they could prove their innocence. Few did. Two hundred lashes were a minor punishment; 31,913 were led to the stake at public displays, the last a mad witch in 1781. The Inquisition policed what was written, read and taught, and kept an eye on sexual behaviour. Napoleon tried to abolish it in 1808, and failed. Joseph Perez tells the history of the Spanish Inquisition from its medieval beginnings to its nineteenth-century ending. He discovers its origins in fear and jealousy and its longevity in usefulness to the state. He explores the inner workings of its councils, courts and finances, and shows how its officers, inquisitors and leaders lived and worked. He describes its techniques of interrogation, disorientation and torture, and shows how it refined displays of punishment as instruments of social control. The author ends his fascinating account by assessing the impact of the Inquisition over three and a half centuries on Spain's culture, economy and intellectual life.

Download or read book Assembling the Tropics written by Hugh Cagle and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book charts the convergence of science, culture, and politics across Portugal's empire, showing how a global geographical concept was born. In accessible, narrative prose, this book explores the unexpected forms that science took in the early modern world. It highlights little-known linkages between Asia and the Atlantic world.

Download or read book Portuguese Jews New Christians and New Jews written by Claude B. Stuczynski and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portuguese Jews, New Christians and ‘New Jews’ provides state-of-the-art and new insights on Portuguese Sephardic History as a tribute to Roberto Bachmann.