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The dissolution of the monasteries in Portugal was a nationalization of the property of male monastic orders effected by a decree of 28 May 1834 enacted by
Joaquim António de Aguiar Joaquim António de Aguiar (Coimbra, 24 August 1792 – Lisbon, 26 May 1884) was a Portuguese politician. He held several relevant political posts during the Portuguese constitutional monarchy, namely as leader of the Cartists and later of the ' ...
at the conclusion of the
Portuguese Civil War The Liberal Wars (), also known as the Portuguese Civil War (), the War of the Two Brothers () or Miguelite War (), was a war between liberal constitutionalists and conservative absolutists in Portugal over royal succession that lasted from 18 ...
. Portugal thus terminated the State sanction of masculine religious orders, and nationalized the lands and possessions of over 500 monasteries. The new government hoped to distribute land and goods in the hands among the poorer landowners, but there were few who could buy.H. V. Livermore Portugal: A Traveller's History 2004- Page 30 "Its most dramatic act was the dissolution of the monasteries enacted by J J de Aguiar in May 1834. In the England of Henry VIII the seizure had greatly enriched the aristocracy, but in the Portugal of Maria II there were few who could buy: the ..."


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History of Portugal (1834–1910) The Kingdom of Portugal under the House of Braganza was a constitutional monarchy from the end of the Liberal Civil War in 1834 to the Republican Revolution of 1910. The initial turmoil of '' coups d'état'' perpetrated by the victorious gene ...
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History of Roman Catholicism in Portugal , native_name_lang = pt , image = Lisboa_May_2013-1.jpg , imagewidth = 200px , alt = , caption = Lisbon Cathedral, Cathedral of Saint Mary Major, the seat of the Patriarch of Lisbon, Card ...
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Joaquim António de Aguiar Joaquim António de Aguiar (Coimbra, 24 August 1792 – Lisbon, 26 May 1884) was a Portuguese politician. He held several relevant political posts during the Portuguese constitutional monarchy, namely as leader of the Cartists and later of the ' ...
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Religion in Portugal Christianity is the predominant religion in Portugal, with Catholicism being its largest denomination. Portugal has no official religion, though in the past, the Catholic Church in Portugal was the state religion. According to the 2021 Census, 8 ...
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Suppression of monasteries The suppression of monasteries refers to various events at different times and places when monastic foundations were abolished and their possessions were appropriated by the state. Motivations The monasteries, being landowners who never died a ...
, elsewhere in Europe.


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