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The imaginary Synagogue : anti-Jewish literature in the Portuguese early modern world (16th-18th centuries) /

This book scrutinizes literary works based on Judaism, Jews and their descendants, written or printed by the Portuguese between the forced conversion of Jews in 1497 and the ending of the distinction between New and Old Christians in 1773. It tries to understand what motivated this vast literary pro...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Feitler, Bruno (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]
Series:Medieval and early modern Iberian world ; v. 61.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Jews in Portugal and the beginnings of polemical literature
  • Portuguese anti-Semitic literary production : forms, objectives, and reception (17th-18th centuries)
  • The new Christian image
  • Continuity and change : the different currents of anti-Jewish literature
  • Conclusion.