Through cracks in the wall : modern inquisitions and new Christian letrados in the Iberian Atlantic world / by Lúcia Helena Costigan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Costigan, Lúcia Helena.

Series:

Atlantic world (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 19.

Atlantic world, 1570-0542 ; v. 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inquisition--Portugal--History.

Inquisition.

Christian converts from Judaism--Atlantic Ocean Region--History.

Christian converts from Judaism.

Christian converts from Judaism--Brazil--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Recent comparative, interdisciplinary scholarship has underscored the Inquisition’s function in the imperial and colonial Iberian world, particularly in relation to the development of modernity. This book illustrates and enhances these debates on the Inquisition’s relationship to imperialism, colonialism, and modernity through specific case studies of New Christians who became the target of the Inquisition. Drawing on research in the archives of the Spanish and the Portuguese Inquisition in different parts of the Iberian Atlantic World, it analyzes literary writings and inquisitorial testimonies produced by individuals of Jewish heritage who lived in the Iberian Atlantic world during the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and brings to light the direct and mediated discourse produced by New Christians, revealing the still veiled contributions of an important but understudied ethnic and social group.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / L.H. Costigan

Introduction. Portugal, Portuguese America And New Christians: A Missing Link In Iberian And Colonial Latin American Studies / L.H. Costigan

Chapter One. Luis De Carvajal, The Younger, And The Inquisition In New Spain Under Philip II / L.H. Costigan

Chapter Two. Bento Teixeira: A New Christian Caught By The First Visit Of The Inquisition To Brazil / L.H. Costigan

Chapter Three. Ambivalent Acts Of The Inquisition Toward New Christians In The Seventeenth-Century Iberian Domains / L.H. Costigan

Chapter Four. The Inquisition And Eighteenth-Century Portugal: The Case Of Antônio José Da Silva / L.H. Costigan

Afterword / L.H. Costigan

Bibliography / L.H. Costigan

Index / L.H. Costigan.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-95094-0

9786612950940

90-474-4155-9

OCLC:

695982179

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004179202.i-224 DOI