The expansion of tolerance : religion in Dutch Brazil (1624-1654) / Jonathan Israel and Stuart B. Schwartz ; introduction by Michiel van Groesen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Israel, Jonathan, 1946-

Contributor:

Schwartz, Stuart B.

Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the Dutch golden age

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brazil--History--Dutch Conquest, 1624-1654.

Brazil.

History.

Religious tolerance.

Physical Description:

59 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2007.

Summary:

Of all the European powers, the Dutch were considered the most tolerant of minority religious practices in their colonies. In "The Expansion of Tolerance," a pair of historians examines this unusual sensitivity in the case of the seventeenth-century Dutch colonies of Brazil. Jonathan Israel demonstrates that religious tolerance under Dutch rule in Brazil was unprecedented. Catholics and Jews coexisted peacefully with the Protestant majority and were allowed freedom of conscience and unfettered private worship. Stuart Schwartz then considers the Dutch example in light of the Portuguese colonies in Brazil, revealing that the Portuguese were surprisingly tolerant as well. This collaboration will be of interest to anyone studying colonial history or the history of religious tolerance.

Contents:

Religious toleration in Dutch Brazil (1624-1654) / Jonathan Israel

Portuguese attitudes of religious tolerance in Dutch Brazil / Stuart B. Schwartz.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.

ISBN:

9789053569023

9053569022

OCLC:

144520154