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Imaginary Synagogue: Anti-Jewish Literature in the Portuguese Early Modern World (16th-18th Centuries)

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

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This book scrutinizes literary works based on Judaism, Jews and their descendants, written or printed by the Portuguese, from the forced conversion of Jews in 1497, until the ending of the distinction between New and Old Christians in 1773. It tries to understand what motivated this vast literary production, its different currents, and how they evolved. Additionally, it studies the image of New Christians and seeks the reasons for the perpetuation of this perception of Jewish descendants in the Early Modern Portuguese world. The Imaginary Synagogue seeks to identify which Jews and which ‘synagogue’ those authors constructed in their texts and their reasons for doing so, and offers conclusions on the self-affirmed Catholic importance of this literary current.

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Utgivningsdatum2015-08-27
Mått155 x 235 x 17 mm
Vikt466 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska, Portugisiska
SerieMedieval and Early Modern Iberian World
Antal sidor206
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004264106

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ContentsList of Illustrations viAbbreviations ixIntroduction 11 Jews in Portugal and the Beginnings of Polemical Literature 92 Portuguese Anti-Semitic Literary Production: Forms, Objectives, andReception (17th – 18th Centuries) 182.1 Sermons and Auto-da-Fe Lists 192.2 Treatises 442.3 Sources 652.4 Circulation and Censorship 673 The New Christian Image 773.1 Terminology 773.2 Punishment of the Deicides 823.3 Enemies of the Portuguese 843.4 Rites and Beliefs 874 Continuity and Change: The Different Currents of Anti-JewishLiterature 944.1 The Seventeenth Century Context 944.1.1 Memorials 964.2 Signs of a New Time? 1014.2.1 Pamphlets 1065 Conclusions 117Annex 1: Inquisitorial Medals and Diplomas 121Annex 2: The Auto-da-Fé Sermon in Lisbon on May 5th, 1624 130Sources and Bibliography 187Index of Names and Places 204