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The historical setting -- The dogmatista crypto-Jewish martyrs -- A conquistador's nephew in New Spain -- A monk of Castanheira -- A converso surgeon in the Viceroyalty of Peru -- A Hebrew scholar at the University of Salamanca -- Echoes in the Portuguese-Jewish diaspora
"Miriam Bodian's study of crypto-Jewish martyrdom in Iberian lands during the Spanish and Portuguese inquisitions depicts a new type of martyr that emerged in the late sixteenth century - a defiant, educated judaizing martyr who engaged in disputes with inquisitors. By examining…
A new interpretation of crypto-Jewish martyrdom in Iberian lands during the Inquisition.