The forgotten diaspora : Jewish communities in West Africa and the making of the Atlantic world /

"This book traces the history of early seventeenth-century Portuguese Sephardic traders who settled in two communities on Senegal's Petite Côte. There, they lived as public Jews, under the spiritual guidance of a rabbi sent to them by the newly established Portuguese Jewish community in A...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mark, Peter, 1948-
Otros Autores: Horta, José da Silva
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2011.
Temas:
1500-1699
Jews > Senegal > Petite Coast > History > 16th century.
Jews > Senegal > Petite Coast > History > 17th century.
Sephardim > Senegal > Petite Coast > History > 16th century.
Sephardim > Senegal > Petite Coast > History > 17th century.
Crypto-Jews > Iberian Peninsula > History > 16th century.
Crypto-Jews > Iberian Peninsula > History > 17th century.
Cryptojuifs > Ibérique, Péninsule > Histoire > 16e siècle.
HISTORY > Africa > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Crypto-Jews.
Ethnic relations.
Jews.
Sephardim.
Juden
Juden.
Siedlung.
Marranen.
Handel.
Petite Coast (Senegal) > Ethnic relations.
Europe > Iberian Peninsula.
Senegal > Petite Coast.
Westafrika
Senegambien.
Portugiesen.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Two Sephardic communities on Senegal's Petite Côte
  • Jewish identity in Senegambia
  • Religious interaction: Catholics, Jews, and Muslims in early seventeenth-century Upper Guinea
  • The blade weapons trade in seventeenth-century West Africa
  • The Luso-African ivories as historical source for the weapons trade and for the Jewish presence in Guinea of Cape Verde
  • The later years: merchant mobility and the evolution of identity
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix I: The Jewish traders of Porto d'Ale and Joal: their relatives and some of their new Christian partners in Senegambia and the United Provinces and Portugal: a comprehensive list (ca. 1606-ca. 1635)
  • Appendix II: A chronological outline of the institutional proceedings against the Jews of Porto d'Ale and Joal (1611-1643).

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