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The Portuguese Inquisition was established in Portugal in 1536 at the request of the King Of Portugal , João III . Manuel I had asked for the installation of the Inquisition in 1515 , but the pope did not agree until after his death. It was a Portuguese analogue of the more famous Spanish Inquisition . As in Spain, the Inquisition was put under the authority of the King. It was headed by a Grand Inquisitor , or General Inquisitor, named by the Pope but selected by the king, and always from within the Royal Family . The Grand Inquisitor would later nominate other inquisitors. In Portugal, the first Grand Inquisitor was Cardinal Henry , who would later become King. There were Courts of the Inquisition in Lisbon , Coimbra and Évora It held its first Auto Da Fé in Portugal in 1540. Like the Spanish Inquisition, it concentrated its efforts on rooting out converts from other faiths who did not adhere to the strictures of Catholic orthodoxy. The Portuguese Inquisition expanded its scope of operations from Portugal to Portugal's Colonial possessions, including Brazil , Cape Verde and Goa , continued as a religious court, investigating and trying cases of breaches of the tenets of orthodox Roman Catholic ism until 1821. The activity of the courts was extended to book Censure , Divination , Witchcraft and Bigamy under João III. Book censure proved to have a strong influence in Portuguese Cultural Evolution , keeping the country uninformed and culturally backward. Originally oriented for a religious action, the Inquisition had an influence in almost every aspect of Portuguese society: politically, culturally and socially. In Portugal, the inquisitors Excommunicated King João IV in 1656, after his death. The body of the dead king was pulled from his Coffin as it lay in the cathedral, undressed, and cast on the ground. After excommunicating the cadaver, the inquisitiors pronounced Absolution , had the body replaced in the coffin, and left. The Goa Inquisition was established in Goa in 1560 by Aleixo Dias Falcão and Francisco Marques, who occupied the palace of the Sabaio Adil Khan . The Inquisition changed the Demographics of Goa forever. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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