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The Expansion of Tolerance: Religion in Dutch Brazil (1624-1654)

By Stuart Schwartz , Jonathan Israel , Michiel van Groesen

Book information

Year
2007
ISBN
9053569022, 9789053569023, 9781435645837
Open Library ID
OL12808356M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2003220 bytes)
Pages
60\61
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Of all the European powers, the Dutch were considered the most tolerant of minority religious practices in their colonies. In The Expansion of Tolerance, a pair of historians examines this unusual sensitivity in the case of the seventeenth-century Dutch colonies of Brazil. Jonathan Israel demonstrates that religious tolerance under Dutch rule in Brazil was unprecedented. Catholics and Jews coexisted peacefully with the Protestant majority and were allowed freedom of conscience and unfettered private worship. Stuart Schwartz then considers the Dutch example in light of the Portuguese colonies in Brazil, revealing that the Portuguese were surprisingly tolerant as well. This collaboration will be of interest to anyone studying colonial history or the history of religious tolerance.

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