Transgressão do matrimônio: três indígenas nas garras da inquisição portuguesa (séculos XVIII e XIX)

Abstract

This research aims to revisit the Portuguese Inquisition during its performance in Colonial Brazil, more specifically between the 18th and 19th centuries, analyzing how this institution behaved in the face of possible cases of bigamy committed by indigenous peoples, since the bigamist , from the perspective of this institution, not only committed a social transgression, but, above all, a religious one, revealing himself, therefore, as a heretic, a “suspect in the faith”. In this way, we focus particularly on the inquisitorial processes of Indians accused of bigamy, such as: Rosaura arrested in 1764, in the Captaincy of Pará; Maria Teresa arrested in 1765, in the Captaincy of Maranhão; and Miguel Dias Lopes arrested in 1802, in the Captaincy of Pernambuco. Therefore, we seek to understand the concepts of Inquisition, marriage and bigamy within the colonial period. To guide our research, we used as a basis the methodological reflections undertaken by Carlo Ginzburg for the analysis of inquisitorial documents, bibliographical revisions of authors who work on this theme, revisiting biblical passages and analysis of inquisitorial criminal processes belonging to the National Archive of Torre do Tombo ( ANTT) made available in digital format on the website of the aforementioned Archive.