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
Portuguese America
surface form: Brazil (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 Marquis of Pombal
surface form: Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal
implementedDuringReignOf Joseph I of Portugal NERFINISHED
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 in Portugal
surface form: 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 Pombaline reforms
this entity surface form: Expulsion of the Jesuits from Portugal
Carvalho family associatedWith Pombaline reforms
this entity surface form: Portuguese Enlightenment reforms
Carvalho family associatedWith Pombaline reforms
Leonor Ernestina von Daun associatedWith Pombaline reforms
this entity surface form: Pombaline political circle