Pombaline reforms

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The Pombaline reforms were a sweeping series of 18th-century political, economic, educational, and administrative changes in Portugal and its empire that aimed to modernize the state and curb the power of the nobility and the Church.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative reform program ⓘ
economic reform program ⓘ
educational reform program ⓘ
political reform program ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Portuguese Empire ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Angola ⓘ
Brazil (Portuguese America) ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese America

Mozambique ⓘ
Portuguese India ⓘ
country Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
endTime 1777 ⓘ
hasEffect introduction of more secular education in Portugal ⓘ
partial liberalization of economic activity under state control ⓘ
strengthening of royal central authority ⓘ
weakening of Jesuit influence ⓘ
hasGoal centralizing administration ⓘ
curbing the power of the Catholic Church ⓘ
curbing the power of the nobility ⓘ
modernization of the Portuguese state ⓘ
promoting economic development ⓘ
rationalizing colonial governance ⓘ
strengthening royal absolutism ⓘ
hasMainProponent Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal ⓘ
linked to: Marquis of Pombal
implementedDuringReignOf Joseph I of Portugal ⓘ
includes administrative reorganization of the empire ⓘ
creation of state-controlled schools ⓘ
creation of the Royal Treasury (Erário Régio) ⓘ
expulsion of the Jesuits from Portugal ⓘ
expulsion of the Jesuits from Portuguese America ⓘ
introduction of Enlightenment-inspired curricula ⓘ
judicial reforms ⓘ
promotion of state-sponsored monopolies ⓘ
reconstruction of Lisbon after the 1755 earthquake ⓘ
reform of colonial trade regulations ⓘ
reform of customs and tariffs ⓘ
reform of municipal governance ⓘ
reform of tax collection ⓘ
reform of the Inquisition ⓘ
reform of the University of Coimbra ⓘ
secularization of education ⓘ
strengthening of the secret police and surveillance ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment ideas ⓘ
location Lisbon ⓘ
namedAfter Marquis of Pombal ⓘ
opposedBy Catholic Church hierarchy in Portugal ⓘ
Portuguese high nobility ⓘ
significantEvent response to the 1755 Lisbon earthquake ⓘ
startTime 1750 ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ

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Marquis of Pombal → knownFor → Pombaline reforms ⓘ
Expulsion of the Jesuits from France → relatedTo → Expulsion of the Jesuits from Portugal ⓘ
linked to: Pombaline reforms
Carvalho family → associatedWith → Portuguese Enlightenment reforms ⓘ
linked to: Pombaline reforms
Carvalho family → associatedWith → Pombaline reforms ⓘ
Leonor Ernestina von Daun → associatedWith → Pombaline political circle ⓘ
linked to: Pombaline reforms