Mulatto · Outlaw · Pilgrim · Priest: The Legal Case of José Soller, Accused of Impersonating a Pastor and Other Crimes in Seventeenth-Century Spain

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In 'Mulatto · Outlaw · Pilgrim · Priest', John K. Moore, Jr. presents the first in-depth study, critical edition, and scholarly translation of 'His Majesty’s Representative v. José Soller, Mulatto Pilgrim, for Impersonating a Priest and Other Crimes'. This legal case dates to the waning days of the Hapsburg Spanish empire and illuminates the discrimination those of black-African ancestry could face — that Soller did face while attempting to pass freely on his pilgrimage from Lisbon to Santiago de Compostela and beyond. This bilingual edition and study of the criminal trial against Soller is important for reconstructing his journey and for revealing at least in part the de facto and de jure treatment of mulattos in the early-modern Iberian Atlantic World. ‎Preface ix Acknowledgments xii List of Figures xvii Chronology of José Soller xix Part 1. In Search of Soller 1. The Vineyards 3 2. The Legal Case against José Soller 12 3. Origins 31 4. The Nature of the Journey 64 5. Reconstructing Locales along the Way 103 6. On Trial, under Sentence, and in Absentia 163 7. Into Thin Air 203 Part 2. 'His Majesty’s Representative versus José Soller, Mulatto Pilgrim, for Impersonating a Priest and Other Crimes': Edition and Translation Note on the Translation 213 Editorial Norms 216 Edition and Translation 228 Part 3. Scholarly Supplement Proper Names in the Dossier 313 Linguistic Variants 319 Scribal Errors 321 Case Notes 323 Bibliography 331 Index 348