2017/12/07 by José Pedro Paiva · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Colonialism, slavery, and trade #Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics #Tribunal #Reinterpretation #Historiography #Perspective (graphical) #Law #History #Political science #Philosophy #Art
paper · doi:10.1163/15700658-12342575
openalex publication_date 2017/12/07 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
Abstract This article aims to explain the process which led to the founding of the Inquisition tribunal in Goa, the first Holy Office tribunal to be created outside Europe. Following a review of previous historiographical studies which have analyzed this question, it examines the mechanisms for Christianization/confessionalization deployed by the Iberian monarchs in Asia and America from a global and comparative perspective, based on a rereading and reinterpretation of Inquisition documents and correspondence from various agents who were involved in the process. It presents an explanation that emphasizes the existence of a cluster of causalities which created a dense network of convergent forces that favored the founding of an Inquisition tribunal in Asia in 1560.