On my extensive research on my recent book on the life of St Francis Xavier that was set in the 1500's, almost 100% bigamy cases were all related to white Portuguese Christians, who were hardly practising their religion. Some had multiple slaves disguised as concubines or helpers. The worst case in Goa was of somebody with over a dozen concubines and an extreme case of somebody in East Africa that had 25 concubines... that was quite normal at the time, specially before the inquisition started in 1560's in Goa. Most of these inquisition cases were all directed to Christians who did not live up to practising their birth religion or new Christians who had hidden idols of worship hidden in their closets, but availing of the 'benefits' of their newly adopted religion. There were Brahmins in high position of government who had always openly voiced their opposition to conversion, and they were not targeted at the inquisition. Exemption from quasi-forced work at the Ribeira dockyards where the naus / carracks and other lighter ships were made, as well as at the Arsenal where guns were manufactured, were applicable when these natives adopted Christianity. But failure to follow the religion, led many of these to be tried for 'acts against the faith'. ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of alan machado <[email protected]> Sent: 06 July 2025 09:15 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [GRN] THU: July 3, 2025: Shalva Weil. The Jews of Goa under the Portuguese
For details on how inquisitors conducted their investigation on such offences, read Lourenco's translation of the process of Catherina da Orta. On Sun, Jul 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM alan machado <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: 1561-1623 statistics for OFFENCES for which individuals were prosecuted 1561-1570 1571-1580 1581-1590 1591-1600 1601-1610 1611-1620 Islam 104 82 94 151 36 154 Judaism 55 188 27 14 12 8 Bigamy 24 4 9 17 48 44 Issues of behaviour and heresy 27 50 46 104 82 123 Lutherism 17 8 4 6 5 10 Gentilidade 13 32 56 193 661 574 Crimes against the faith or Inq 51 66 38 67 86 67 not specified 2 4 4 1 sodomy 6 18 36 50 total 293 434 284 571 966 1030 NOTE: prosecutions were for the practice of Judaism, not because someone was a Jew. Total Jews prosecuted during this period 15. Cristao Novo (Christians of Jewish or Morish extract) 337 Cristao velho (Portuguese of non Jewish/ Moorish extract) 608 The Rua dos Judeus was located between Saint Augustine Monastery and Santa Monica. It was probably where Jewish merchants ran their businesses (open to correction). Alan On Sun, Jul 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM sandra lobo <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hello, I'm not a specialist in the area. Adding to Alan Machado, I can suggest the works of Miguel Rodrigues Lourenço - https://fcsh-unl.academia.edu/MiguelLouren%C3%A7o; https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/2850/285022064003.pdf - namely a paper where he discusses historiographic discourses regarding the inquisition in Goa (Reputação, rigor e autoridade da Inquisição em Goa: da incompreensão histórica à mitificação historiográfica) - Giuseppe Marcocci - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lHhCe7kAAAAJ&hl=en - and Bruno Feitler - https://unifesp.academia.edu/BrunoFeitler. All of them have work that may help illuminating the discussion. Best wishes, Sandra Sandra Ataíde Lobo [cid:ii_197def8b5f87ceeff331][cid:ii_197def8b5f839bdbfc62] [cid:ii_197def8b5f81f11579a3] [cid:ii_197def8b5f82c8d38164] Home (gieipc-ip.org)<https://www.gieipc-ip.org/> https://praticasdahistoria.pt/ tmn. ++351 930690459 ________________________________ De: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> em nome de John de Figueiredo <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Enviado: 6 de julho de 2025 00:09 Para: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Cc: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Assunto: Re: [GRN] THU: July 3, 2025: Shalva Weil. The Jews of Goa under the Portuguese This description of the activities of the Inquisition in Goa is misleading. Alan Machado (Prabhu) demonstrated on the basis of original documents that the primary targets of the Inquisition of Goa were not Jews, Hindus, and other Non-Christians unless they interfered with the workings of the Inquisition. The primary targets were Christians. As I noted in my articles on the practice of Ayurvedic Medicine in Goa, when Gabriel Dellon was in jail and pretended to be sick, the Inquisitors brought a Hindu physician to treat him. Machado (Prabhu) also demonstrated that the Inquisition in Goa was relatively mild compared to the ones in Portugal. The clear proof of this is the independent testimony of foreign travelers in the 16th and 17th centuries that there were several synagogues in Goa and Jews and Hindus were practicing their religion freely in Goa. There was even a Rua dos Judeus (Road of the Jews) in Old Goa (Velha Goa) which suggests that Jews were settled in Goa. Yet, as Machado (Prabhu) noted, the same fictions about the Inquisition of Goa get repeated over and over. John M. de Figueiredo Sent from my iPhone On Jul 5, 2025, at 9:29 AM, Tino de Sa <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: What a terrible pity that the lecture is not available on youtube! Or is it? Tino de Sa On Sat, Jul 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM William Robert Da Silva <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Your explanation is too meagre in historical explanation. The Jews and early Christians were in West-Coast India very early for trade, continuing before and after the fall of Rome. Cosmas Indicopleustes etc. are examples of this and we need to explore more in these areas. What is done is Goa, Portugal is too meagre to bring out history. William Robert Da Silva On Thu, Jul 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM fredericknoronha <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Shalva Weil The Jews of Goa under the Portuguese Thursday 3.07.2025 How to watch This lecture starts on 3 July at 5:00pm (UK). <https://www.lockdownuniversity.org/email_verifications/new> <https://www.lockdownuniversity.org/about/subscribe> Summary Please note this session will only be available to watch live. There may have been early settlement of Jews in Goa, but there certainly was a Jewish colony there under the Portuguese. However, the Portuguese set up an Inquisition in Goa and tried many Jews and conversos or New Christians. They kept alive Garcia de Orta (1501-68), the physician of the king and a famous botanist, but burned his sister on the stake. 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