Agents of Orthodoxy - Honor, Status, and the Inquisition in Colonial Pernambuco, Brazil

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.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: In the Name of the Holy Office
Chapter 2: The Inquisition at Work in Pernambuco
Chapter 3: Qualifying for Office: Procedures and Costs
Chapter 4: Qualifying for Office: The Problems of Honor
Chapter 5: Genealogical Fraud and Political Reform
Chapter 6: Nobility of Blood
Chapter 7: Corporate Privilege: The familiars do número
Chapter 8: Corporate Institutions: Brotherhoods and Militias
Chapter 9: Impostors, Abusers, and Obstructers
Chapter 10: Decay and Decline
Conclusion

About the author

By James E. Wadsworth

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: James E. Wadsworth
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.12.2006
• EAN: 9780742554450
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-5445-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; RELIGION / History, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, HISTORY / Latin America / General, History of Religion, History of the Americas, Latin American studies