Mulatto, outlaw, pilgrim, priest : : the legal case of Jose Soller, accused of impersonating a pastor and other crimes in seventeenth-century Spain / / John K. Moore, Jr.

• Superior document: The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World ; 75
• VerfasserIn: Moore, John K., Jr., 1971-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill,, [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World ; 75.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

In Mulatto · Outlaw · Pilgrim · Priest, John K. Moore, Jr. presents the first in-depth study, critical edition, and scholarly translation of His Majesty’s Representative v. José Soller, Mulatto Pilgrim, for Impersonating a Priest and Other Crimes. This legal case dates to the waning days of the Hapsburg Spanish empire and illuminates the discrimination those of black-African ancestry could face—that Soller did face while attempting to pass freely on his pilgrimage from Lisbon to Santiago de Compostela and beyond. This bilingual edition and study of the criminal trial against Soller is important for reconstructing his journey and for revealing at least in part the de facto and de jure treatment of mulattos in the early-modern Iberian Atlantic World.

Table of Contents

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Figures -- Chronology of José Soller -- Part 1 In Search of Soller -- 1 The Vineyards -- 2 The Legal Case against José Soller -- 3 Origins -- 4 The Nature of the Journey -- 5 Reconstructing Locales along the Way -- 6 On Trial, under Sentence, and in Absentia -- 7 Into Thin Air -- Part 2 His Majesty’s Representative versus José Soller, Mulatto Pilgrim, for Impersonating a Priest and Other Crimes : Edition and Translation -- Note on the Translation -- Editorial Norms -- Edition and Translation -- Part 3 Scholarly Supplement -- Proper Names in the Dossier -- Linguistic Variants -- Scribal Errors -- Case Notes -- Bibliography -- Index --.