Instrucçõens : com que el-rey meu senhor mandou passar ao Estado da India o reverendo arcebispo de Goa primaz do Oriente, 1774 Feb.

1 v. (88 p.) ; 34 x 22 cm.

Portuguese

Ex libris Joaquim Inácio da Cruz Sobral. Purchased from Richard C. Ramer on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2006.

Manuscript copy, in a single hand, of the six instructions drafted by the Marquês de Pombal, prime minister to King Joseph I, for Dom Francisco d'Assumpção e Brito, who was appointed Archbishop of Goa at the end of 1773. The instructions concern the proper administration of archepiscopal property, particularly the recently-confiscated Jesuit foundations; the abolition of the distinction between cristãos velhos and cristãos novos and the creation of opportunities for ordained Indians; the necessity for cooperation between the secular and regular clergy, and the lack of cooperation formerly shown by the Jesuits; and the Archbishop's duty to uphold the claims of the Padroado Regio against the "pertendidos missionarios" of the Congregation de Propaganda Fide.

September 18, 2006

Portugal (Sovereign: Joseph I). Instrucçõens. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Portugal (Sovereign: Joseph I). Instrucçõens. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.