The Marrano Factory : the Portuguese Inquistion 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), 1935-

Sassoon, I. S. D.

Standardized Title:

Inquisicao e Cristaos-Novos. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inquisition--Portugal.

Inquisition.

Jews--Portugal.

Jews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (461 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This title 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"".

Contents:

Contents; Introduction to the English Edition; A Word to the Reader; Prologue (Fifth Edition, 1985); Introduction; Illustrations 1-18; Chapter One: The Birth of the Portuguese New Christians; Chapter Two: Why and How the Inquisition was Introduced into Portugal; Chapter Three: The Portuguese Inquisitorial Trial; Chapter Four: "Inside Information" (Noticias Reconditas): An Account of the Cruelties Exercised by the Inquisition in Portugal; Chapter Five: Three Specimen Trial Records: Francisco Gomes Henriques, Manuel Fernandes Vilareal, António José da Silva

Chapter Six: What was a Public Auto-da-Fé? Chapter Seven: Cleanness of Blood; Chapter Eight: The "Marrano Factory" According to an 18th-Century New Christian; Chapter Nine: "People of the Nation" or "Men of Commerce"; Chapter Ten: Is There Such a Thing as a "New Christian Ideology?"; Chapter Eleven: The Inquisition as an Institution and as a Center of Power; Chapter Twelve: The King, the Inquisitors and the Merchants; Chapter Thirteen: How and Why the New Christians Petered Out in Portugal

Appendix One: Polemical debate on "Inquisition and New Christians" Between Israel Salvator Révah and António José Saraiva Appendix Two: Dialogue on the Silva-Révah Interview; Appendix Three: The Portuguese New Christians and the Inquisition, Surrebutter to Mr. António José Saraiva; Appendix Four: The Portuguese Inquisition in Goa (India), 1561-1812; Appendix Five: Report by Inquisitor General Francisco de Castro on a Memorial Addressed to King Philip III of Portugal by the "Portuguese Men of Commerce Residing in Spain" in 1630

Appendix Six: A Plea to King João IV for the Reinstatement of Inquisitorial Confiscation Appendix Seven: Chronology of Rulers of Portugal, 1128-1910; Appendix Eight: Chronology of Inquisitors General, 1536-1821; Bibliography; List of Illustrations; Index; About António José Saraiva

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-46469-0

9786610464692

1-4175-1927-4

90-474-0086-0

OCLC:

191039269