Language:
Portuguese
Year of publication:
2007
Titel der Quelle:
Cadernos de Estudos Sefarditas
Angaben zur Quelle:
7 (2007) 301-320
Keywords:
Jews
;
Crypto-Jews
;
Inquisition
Abstract:
Although the Inquisition Tribunal of Lamego functioned for only a short period, 1541-1544 (in 1544 the Pope suspended the Tribunal's sentences), it had a strong impact on the thriving New Christian community in the city, many of whose members were victims of persecution, especially during 1543-44. Among them was Isabel Mendez, a leading figure in the community. She was denounced for allegedly holding Jewish religious services for women in her home on the Sabbath, for performing circumcisions, and for de-baptizing small children immediately after they had received the sacrament in Church. When the Inquisition initiated an investigation against Isabel Mendes, she had already escaped from Lamego to Galicia, in Spain, but she was arrested there. There is no information about the outcome of her trial and of her fate. This study is based on testimonies found mainly in the archives of the Inquisition of Lamego, but also of the Lisbon Tribunal.
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