Manual dos Inquisidores
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Manual dos Inquisidores is a complex, introspective novel by Portuguese writer António Lobo Antunes that explores themes of memory, guilt, and the lingering shadows of dictatorship in Portugal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Manual dos Inquisidores canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2539686 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Manual dos Inquisidores Context triple: [António Lobo Antunes, notableWork, Manual dos Inquisidores]
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Otras inquisiciones
Otras inquisiciones is a 1952 collection of essays by Jorge Luis Borges that explores metaphysics, literature, and philosophy through erudite, imaginative criticism.
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B.
Inquisition
The Inquisition was a powerful ecclesiastical tribunal system of the Catholic Church and allied monarchies, created to identify, try, and punish heresy and enforce religious orthodoxy.
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C.
De Opificio Dei
De Opificio Dei is an early Christian theological treatise by Lactantius that reflects on the creation of the world and the nature of God through philosophical argument.
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D.
Malleus Maleficarum
Malleus Maleficarum is a late 15th-century treatise that systematized the identification, prosecution, and punishment of alleged witches, becoming one of the most influential texts driving European witch hunts.
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E.
Mihna (inquisition)
The Mihna (inquisition) was a 9th-century religious and political persecution in the Abbasid Caliphate during which scholars were forced to conform to the caliphs’ official theological doctrine, particularly regarding the created nature of the Qur’an.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Manual dos Inquisidores Target entity description: Manual dos Inquisidores is a complex, introspective novel by Portuguese writer António Lobo Antunes that explores themes of memory, guilt, and the lingering shadows of dictatorship in Portugal.
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A.
Otras inquisiciones
Otras inquisiciones is a 1952 collection of essays by Jorge Luis Borges that explores metaphysics, literature, and philosophy through erudite, imaginative criticism.
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B.
Inquisition
The Inquisition was a powerful ecclesiastical tribunal system of the Catholic Church and allied monarchies, created to identify, try, and punish heresy and enforce religious orthodoxy.
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C.
De Opificio Dei
De Opificio Dei is an early Christian theological treatise by Lactantius that reflects on the creation of the world and the nature of God through philosophical argument.
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D.
Malleus Maleficarum
Malleus Maleficarum is a late 15th-century treatise that systematized the identification, prosecution, and punishment of alleged witches, becoming one of the most influential texts driving European witch hunts.
-
E.
Mihna (inquisition)
The Mihna (inquisition) was a 9th-century religious and political persecution in the Abbasid Caliphate during which scholars were forced to conform to the caliphs’ official theological doctrine, particularly regarding the created nature of the Qur’an.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | António Lobo Antunes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Portugal ⓘ |
| explores |
intergenerational transmission of trauma
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moral responsibility under dictatorship ⓘ psychological effects of authoritarianism ⓘ relationship between memory and identity ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
interplay between personal and political history
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lingering shadows of dictatorship in Portugal ⓘ |
| genre |
historical novel
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literary fiction ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryQuality |
complex
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dense prose ⓘ fragmented narrative ⓘ introspective ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | member of a Portuguese family marked by dictatorship ⓘ |
| hasTitleInOriginalLanguage | Manual dos Inquisidores ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Estado Novo dictatorship in Portugal
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post-dictatorship Portugal ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | European Portuguese ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
contemporary Portuguese literature
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postmodernism ⓘ |
| literaryReputation | complex and demanding novel ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
introspective
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nonlinear ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
multiple perspectives
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stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| partOf | António Lobo Antunes bibliography ⓘ |
| setting | Portugal ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
collective memory
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dictatorship ⓘ family history ⓘ guilt ⓘ memory ⓘ political repression ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
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