The main goal of the current text is to analyze the part played by the pastoral visits in the process of social disciplining, done by the Catholic Church after the Trent Council. Considering the documents – “livros de devassa” and “termos de admoestação” (1608-1702) – produced by the visitations to the parishes of the municipality of Lourinhã, we essayed its interpretation under the guidelines of the reforming project of implementation of the catholic values. The regularity of the inquiries of the public sins and the systematic judgment of the committed offenses, especially in the first half of the XVII century, resulted in a normalization effect upon the social behaviors.Este texto tem como objectivo analisar o papel desempenhado pelas vis...