Table of Sentences
The archives of the Portuguese Inquisition are one of the best preserved judicial archives of early modern Europe (with notable exception of the Goa tribunal). Portuguese historian Fortunato de Almeida gives the following statistics of sentences pronounced in the public ceremonies autos da fe between 1536 and 1794:
| Tribunal | Number of autos da fé with known sentences | Executions in persona | Executions in effigie | Penanced | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisbon | 248 (1540–1794) |
461 | 181 | 7024 | 7666 |
| Évora | 164 (1536–1781) |
344 | 163 | 9466 | 9973 |
| Coimbra | 277 (1541–1781) |
313 | 234 | 9000 | 9547 |
| Goa | 71 (1600–1773) |
57 | 64 | 4046 | 4167 |
| Tomar | 2 (1543–1544) |
4 | 0 | 17 | 21 |
| Porto | 1 (1543) |
4 | 21 | 58 | 83 |
| Lamego | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 763 | 1183 (3,76%) |
663 (2,11%) |
29611 (94,13%) |
31457 (100%) |
These statistics, although extensive, are not wholly complete, particularly in the case of Goa. The original documentation of this tribunal is almost entirely lost. List of autos da fé in Goa presented by Almeida has been compiled by the officials of the Inquisition in 1774, but is certainly only partial and does not cover the whole period of its activity. Some minor gaps concern also the remaining tribunals, e.g. there is no usable data about some fifteen autos da fé celebrated in Portugal between 1580 and 1640, while the records of short-lived tribunals in Lamego and Porto (both active from 1541 until c. 1547) are yet to be studied.
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