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Jews and new Christians in the making of the Atlantic world in the 16th-17th centuries : a survey / Henryk Szlajfer.

"Amsterdam Jews appeared up to the mid-17th century as Braudelian 'great Jewish merchants.' However, the New Christians, heretic judaizantes in the eyes of the Inquisition, dispersed around the world group sui generis, were equally crucial. Their religious identities were fluid, but a...

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Main Author: Szlajfer, Henryk (Author)
Other title:Współtwórcy atlantyckiego świata. English
Format: eBook
Language:English
Polish
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024]
Subjects:
Jews > Latin America > History > 16th century.
Jews > Latin America > History > 17th century.
Latin America > Economic conditions > History > 16th century.
Latin America > Economic conditions > History > 17th century.
Latin America > Social conditions > History > 16th century.
Latin America > Social conditions > History > 17th century.
Crypto-Jews > Latin America > History > 16th century.
Crypto-Jews > Latin America > History > 17th century.
Crypto-Jews
Economic history
Jews
Social conditions
Latin America
1500-1699
History
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Summary:"Amsterdam Jews appeared up to the mid-17th century as Braudelian 'great Jewish merchants.' However, the New Christians, heretic judaizantes in the eyes of the Inquisition, dispersed around the world group sui generis, were equally crucial. Their religious identities were fluid, but at the same time they and the 'new Jews' from Amsterdam formed a part of economic modernity epitomized by the rebellious Netherlands and the developing Atlantic economy. At the height of their influence they played a pivotal, albeit controversial, role in the rising slave trade. The disappearance of New Christians in Latin America had to be contextualised with inquisitorial persecutions and growing competition in mind."--Publisher description.
Item Description:"This is a revised edition of the volume originally published as: Henryk Szlajfer, Współtwórcy atlantyckiego świata. Nowi chrześcijanie i Żydzi w gospodarce kolonialnej Ameryki Łacińskiej XVI-XVII wieku. Zarys problematyki, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar 2018. English translation from Polish reviewed by Dr. Jo Harper."--Title page verso.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9004686444
9789004686441
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed December 20, 2023).

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