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…
At the Edge of Reformation springs from Peter Linehan's continuing interest in the history of Spain and Portugal, on this occasion in the first half of the fourteenth century between the recovery of each kingdom from widespread anarchy and civil war and the onset of the Black De…
At the Edge of Reformation springs from Peter Linehan's continuing interest in the history of Spain and Portugal, on this occasion in the first half of the fourteenth century between the recovery of each kingdom from widespread anarchy and civil war and the onset of the Black De…
