Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents ix
3. Figures and Tables xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. A Note on Portuguese Orthography, Currency, and the Inquisition xix
6. Abbreviations xxi
7. Setting the Stage for an Experiential Microhistory 3
8. In the Name of the Holy Office: Comissários in Pernambuco 16
9. A Life and Career in Focus 30
10. A Plague of Bigamy 51
11. Of Libertines and Diabolical Doctrines 72
12. Suspended in the Agony of Decay 94
13. The Zeal of the Pharisee 111
14. The End of an Era – The End of a Career 129
15. Comissários from the Bishopric of Pernambuco, 1692–1821 141
16. Notes 155
17. Works Cited 175
18. Index 193