Vol. 17: Castro Marim: Where Sin Became Salt in Portugal'...
Coates, Timothy J. / Pieroni, Geraldo![Vol. 17: Castro Marim: Where Sin Became Salt in Portugal's Algarve, 1450-1836](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/454/45426936/CHSBZCOP0345426936.jpg)
Castro Marim, in SE Portugal, was a site of internal exile for several thousand minor sinners and convicts from the 1400s until the 1830s. The punishment was revived by the Estado Novo dictatorship a century later. During early modern times, the guilty could flee to several border towns for sanctuary. The state's courts and later courts of the Inquisition directed minor offenders to this town, typically for two to three years. These newcomers ...