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Informationen zum Autor James E. Wadsworth is professor of history at Stonehill College. He is the author of In Defence of the Faith: Joaquim Marques de Araújo, a Comissário in the Age of Inquisitional Decline, Columbus's First Voyage: A History in Documents, and The World of Credit in Colonial Massachusetts: James Richards and His Day Book, 1692-1711. Klappentext The Portuguese Inquisition is often portrayed as a tyrannical institution that imposed itself on an impotent society. Drawing on extensive archival research, the book challenges this myth by arguing that the Inquisition was integral to colonial society, reinforcing European social and religious values that were recreated in colonial Brazil. Zusammenfassung The Portuguese Inquisition is often portrayed as a tyrannical institution that imposed itself on an impotent society. Drawing on extensive archival research! the book challenges this myth by arguing that the Inquisition was integral to colonial society! reinforcing European social and religious values that were recreated in colonial Brazil. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter 1: In the Name of the Holy OfficeChapter 2: The Inquisition at Work in PernambucoChapter 3: Qualifying for Office: Procedures and CostsChapter 4: Qualifying for Office: The Problems of HonorChapter 5: Genealogical Fraud and Political ReformChapter 6: Nobility of BloodChapter 7: Corporate Privilege: The familiars do númeroChapter 8: Corporate Institutions: Brotherhoods and MilitiasChapter 9: Impostors, Abusers, and ObstructersChapter 10: Decay and DeclineConclusion
