The Marrano Factory : the Portuguese Inquisition and its New Christians, 1536-1765 / by António José Saraiva ; translated, revised and augmented by H.P. Salomon and I.S.D. Sassoon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saraiva, António José.

Contributor:

Salomon, H. P. (Herman Prins), 1930-2021.

Sassoon, I. S. D.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Standardized Title:

Inquisicao e Cristaos-Novos English

Language:

English

Portuguese

Subjects (All):

Inquisition--Portugal.

Inquisition.

Portugal.

Jews--Portugal.

Jews.

Physical Description:

xl, 402 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

English edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2001.

Language Note:

Translated from the Portuguese.

Summary:

First published in Portuguese in 1969, this is the only work by Antsnio Josi Saraiva available in English and the only single-volume history devoted primarily to the working of the Portuguese Inquisition, a most lucid and compact survey. The Marrano Factory argues that the Portuguese Inquisition's stated intention of extirpating heresies and purifying Portuguese Catholicism was a monumental hoax; the true purpose of the Holy Office was the fabrication rather than the destruction of "Judaizers."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9004120807

OCLC:

48267912