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Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories In The Early Modern Iberian World: Narratives Of Fear And Hatred

By François Soyer

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2019
ISBN
9004395504, 9789004395503, 9004395601, 9789004395602
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3195251 bytes)
Series
Iberian Religious World Vol. 5
Edition
1st Edition
Pages
315\331
Topic
Religion
Time added
2020-02-03 07:20:30
AntisemitismAntisemitism: Portugal: HistoryAntisemitism: Spain: HistoryCommon FallaciesCommon Fallacies: PortugalCommon Fallacies: Spainethnic relationsJews: PersecutionsJews: Persecutions: Portugal: HistoryJews: Persecutions: Spain: HistoryMarranosMarranos: Portugal: HistoryMarranos: Spain: HistoryportugalPortugal: Ethnic RelationsSpainSpain: Ethnic Relations

Description

In 'Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories in the Early Modern Iberian World: Narratives of Fear and Hatred', Francois Soyer offers the first detailed historical analysis of antisemitic conspiracy theories in Spain, Portugal and their overseas colonies between 1450 and 1750. These conspiracy theories accused Jews and conversos, the descendants of medieval Jewish converts to Christianity, of deadly plots and blamed them for a range of social, religious, military and economic problems. Ultimately, many Iberian antisemitic conspiracy theorists aimed to create a 'moral panic' about the converso presence in Iberian society, thereby justifying the legitimacy of ethnic discrimination within the Church and society. Moreover, they were also exploited by some churchmen seeking to impose an idealized sense of communal identity upon the lay faithful.

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