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Maarten Janssen, 2014-
Author(s) | Catarina Mendes Dias |
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Addressee(s) | Simoa da Silva |
In English | Family letter from Catarina Mendes Dias to Simoa da Silva, her niece The author writes to wish her niece gets well soon and to give her news about their family. This letter was extracted from the Inquisition proceedings against Simoa da Silva, a New Christian and a professed nun from Saint Bernard's Order. In an inquiry ordered by the Holy Office to the surrounding area of the Cós monastery, near Leiria, Manuel Marques seized documents belonging to the defendant, including this letter written by her aunt and a watercolor of an angel, which represented someone being burnt. Given that some relatives of the nun who had been convicted by the Holy Office, the painting was believed to be the representation of one of them. |
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