Through Cracks in the Wall - Modern Inquisitions and New Christian Letrados in the Iberian Atlantic World

This book analyzes literary writings and inquisitorial testimonies produced by individuals of Jewish heritage who lived in the Iberian Atlantic during the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and the role they played in the expansion of the Iberian empires, despite frequent persecution by the Inquisition.

Product details

• Authors: Lúcia Helena Costigan
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.01.2010
• EAN: 9789004179202
• ISBN: 978-90-04-17920-2
• No. of pages: 236
• Weight: 549 g
• Series: Atlantic World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology