The Provincial Councils of Goa: Reflections on the Impact of the "Tridentine Reformation" at the Center of the Portuguese Asian Empire (1567-1606)

This article analyzes the resolutions issued by the Provincial Councils of Goa (1567, 1575, 1585, 1592 and 1606) from the perspective of the religious transformations that took place at the beginning of the Modern Era, i.e., at the peak of what was denominated the Counter-Reformation or Tridentine Reform. It also examines the likely impact of the decrees issued by the Council of Trent on the minutes of the aforementioned Provincial Councils, and on the Constituicoes do Arcebispado de Goa (Constitutions of the Goa Archbishopric), of 1568.