«Che si riduca al modo di procedere di Castiglia». El debate sobre el procedimiento inquisitorial portugués en tiempos de los Austrias

Abstract

At the time of the Dynastic Union the Portuguese cristãos-novos and his supporter send constant petitions to the Catholics Monarchs and at the Holy Father to obtain the reformation of the behaviour of the Portuguese Inquisition. Beyond of the concrete aspects, the cristãos-novos search to obtaining the introduction in Portugal the proceedings of the Spanish Inquisition. A great deal of the controversy remains balanced at the validity of the singular witness for the crime of heresy. For is part, the Portuguese Holy Office fight, for the sixty years, to maintain his autonomy and jurisdiction to the intromissions of the Crown and the Holy Siege.