2018/07/19 by Hervé Baudry · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Archaeology #Censorship #Classics #Colonialism, slavery, and trade #History #History of Colonial Brazil #Institution #Judaism #Law #Philosophy #Political science #Portuguese #Sephardic Jews and Inquisition Studies #Tribunal
paper · doi:10.1163/15733823-02312p06
published in Early Science and Medicine 23(1-2), 92-113 (Brill)
openalex publication_date 2018/07/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Abstract The Tribunal of the Inquisition was established in Portugal in 1536. This paper deals with three aspects concerning medicine in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Portugal: the institution and its members, the medical practitioners, and the books. On the one hand, doctors were necessary to carry out specific duties in the life of the Inquisition. On the other hand, a significant percentage of the victims of the Inquisition were medical professionals, the overwhelming majority being New Christians accused of Judaism. Finally, as did the Roman and Spanish Inquisitions, the Portuguese Holy Office looked after the censorship of books, many of which dealt with medical matters.