Bidspirit auction | ANUNCIAÇÃO (D. Miguel da). PASTORAL

ANUNCIAÇÃO (D. Miguel da). PASTORAL do Ex.mo Bispo de Coimbra. Coimbra. [c. 1768-1769]. - ANUNCIAÇÃO (D. Miguel da) PASTORAL do Ex.mo Bispo de Coimbra . Cópia manuscrita coeva da Pastoral do Bispo de Coimbra D. Miguel da Anunciação, datada de 8 de Novembro de 1768, condenando a leitura e circulação de obras de autores iluministas franceses. Seguida de apologia da mesma Pastoral e do texto da sentença proferida no Conselho de Guerra que absolveu o Coronel de Flandres Guerra Robert Mac Laval. Coimbra, [c. 1768-1769]. manuscrito sobre papel; [42] pp.; 345 mm. Encadernação com lombada em pele da época e pequeno rótulo com títulos a ouro na lombada; corte das folhas carminado. Contemporary handwritten copy of the famous Pastoral Letter of D. Miguel da Anunciação (Miguel Carlos da Cunha, Lisbon 1703 - Semide 1779), Canon Regular of St. Augustine of the Congregation of Santa Cruz, Bishop of Coimbra, Count of Arganil. The Pastoral Letter, dated November 8, 1768, condemned the reading and circulation of a series of works by French authors—including Voltaire, Helvétius, and other exponents of the Enlightenment—considered contrary to the purity of the Catholic faith and corrupting of Christian morals and piety. The publication of the Pastoral Letter constituted an act of frontal opposition to the cultural policy of the Marquis of Pombal, who ordered it declared false, infamous, and publicly burned on December 24, 1768. D. Miguel da Anunciação was arrested on December 9, 1768, and held in the Pedrouços fortress for more than eight years, being one of the most illustrious political prisoners of the reign of King José I. He was only released on February 25, 1777, by order of the monarch himself in his final days. According to Inocêncio, the pastoral letter was distributed by the Priors of the Diocese in manuscript form, and must have been copied in the months immediately following its publication and condemnation, and circulated privately, since printing the Pastoral letter was prohibited. A document of great interest for the religious, political, and cultural history of Pombaline Portugal. The Pastoral Letter of D. Miguel da Anunciação is referenced in Inocêncio. Very rare in contemporary manuscript form. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate ¶ Inocêncio, v. 6, p. 217; v. 17, p. 36