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Truth in many tongues : religious conversion and the languages of the early Spanish Empire / Daniel I. Wasserman-Soler.
LIBRA P381.S6 W37 2020
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wasserman-Soler, Daniel I. (Daniel Isaac), 1984- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conversion--Catholic Church--History--16th century.
- Conversion.
- Language and languages.
- History.
- Conversion--Catholic Church.
- Spain--Languages--History--16th century.
- Spain.
- New Spain--Languages--History--16th century.
- New Spain.
- Spain--History--Philip II, 1556-1598.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Examines how the Spanish monarchy managed an empire of unprecedented linguistic diversity, making only sporadic efforts to propagate Spanish during the sixteenth century. Challenges the assumption that the pervasiveness of the Spanish language resulted from deliberate linguistic colonization"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The Spanish language and the Inquisition, ca. 1550-1600
- Arabic and Spanish in Granada, ca. 1492-1570
- Arabic and Romance in Valencia, ca. 1540-1600
- Native tongues and Spanish in New Spain
- Creating a multilingual New Spain, ca. 1550-1600.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780271085999
- 0271085991
- OCLC:
- 1121281623
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