Cristãs-novas condenadas pelo Tribunal do Santo Ofício de Lisboa (século XVII)
2021 ◽
Vol 11
(1)
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pp. 131-151
This study focuses on the inquisitorial processes of ten new Crypto-Jewish women convicted by the Court of the Holy Office of Lisbon between 1662 and 1694. The analysis of this documentary is essential to understand the institution's position in these cases, revealing the crypto-Jewish practices that ledtothe condemnation of the crypto-Jewish women. In addition, the documentationshow strategies of personal resistanceand community protection inCourt.Women individual inventories of goods will also be considered in this analysis, related with their wealthand religious beliefs