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Goa Inquisition

Type Object Region Asia Time 1631–1640

The Goa Inquisition was a religious tribunal established by Portugal in its East India territories, founded in 1560 by the Archbishop of Goa and belo…

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  1. 1630Goa Inquisition · GoaIn the 1630s, the Goa tribunal regularly held public autos-da-fé, examining those accused of heresy, incomplete conversion, and violations of Catholic precepts, and worked with the local church and the governor's office to maintain colonial religious order.
  2. c. 1632–1637Portuguese India · Portuguese IndiaThe tribunal's jurisdiction extended beyond the city of Goa itself to Portuguese coastal outposts in India and Christian communities aboard merchant ships, subjecting mixed-race elites and local converts to religious scrutiny.
  3. c. 1635–1640Lisbon · LisbonIn the late 1630s, the Goa tribunal still reported major cases to Portugal (and to Madrid during the Iberian Union), following Iberian inquisitorial procedures and forming a transoceanic network of religious governance.

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