The imaginary Synagogue : : anti-Jewish literature in the Portuguese early-modern world (16th-18th centuries) / / by Bruno Feitler ; translated by Eoin O'Neil.
This book scrutinizes literary works based on Judaism, Jews and their descendants, written or printed by the Portuguese, from the forced conversion of Jews in 1497, until the ending of the distinction between New and Old Christians in 1773. It tries to understand what motivated this vast literary pr...
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| Superior document: | The medieval and early modern Iberian world (formerly Medieval Iberian Peninsula), volume 61 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Medieval and early modern Iberian world ;
volume 61. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | This book scrutinizes literary works based on Judaism, Jews and their descendants, written or printed by the Portuguese, from the forced conversion of Jews in 1497, until the ending of the distinction between New and Old Christians in 1773. It tries to understand what motivated this vast literary production, its different currents, and how they evolved. Additionally, it studies the image of New Christians and seeks the reasons for the perpetuation of this perception of Jewish descendants in the Early Modern Portuguese world. The Imaginary Synagogue seeks to identify which Jews and which ‘synagogue’ those authors constructed in their texts and their reasons for doing so, and offers conclusions on the self-affirmed Catholic importance of this literary current. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004301607 |
| ISSN: | 1569-1934 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Bruno Feitler ; translated by Eoin O'Neil. |