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After new-Christians, sodomites were the most persecuted group by the Portuguese Holy Office, proportionally more frequently and more heavily punished than other heterodoxies. In this paper, drawing on documents in the Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo (Lisbon), inquisitorial power used to persecute those practicing sodomy will be tackled from three angles: its reflection in social imaginary through myths touching on homosexuality, accusing it of being the cause of divine hatred; pointing to the responsibility of foreigners, above all Moors and Italians for its dissemination in Portugal; the power of supervision by setting up efficient means of denunciation and persecution.
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