Antisemitic conspiracy theories in the early modern Iberian world : narratives of fear and hatred /

In Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories in the Early Modern Iberian World: Narratives of Fear and Hatred , François Soyer offers the first detailed historical analysis of antisemitic conspiracy theories in Spain, Portugal and their overseas colonies between 1450 and 1750. These conspiracy theories accuse...

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Main Author: Soyer, Franc̦ois (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2019.

Series: The Iberian Religious World 5.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004390898.

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Call Number: DS146.S7

Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright Page /
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  • Introduction 1 /
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  • 1 Conspiracism and Society in Early Modern Europe 17 /
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  • 2 Forged Documents and the Fear of Jewish Infiltration: the Jewish World Plot and the Early Modern Iberian World 54 /
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  • 3 "Seeking to Build a Synagogue within the Church of God": the Alleged Converso Plot to Infiltrate and Destroy the Catholic Church 93 /
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  • 4 Medical Murder: the Myth of the Jewish Serial-Killer Doctors 138 /
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  • 5 "Traitors Who Dwell amongst Us": the Conversos as Collaborators and Masterminds of the Muslim and Protestant Onslaught against Spain and Portugal 184 /
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  • 6 "Sponges That Suck Up the Wealth of Spain": the Jewish Plot, Economic Parasitism and the Fear of Economic Decline 230 /
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  • Conclusion 265 /
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  • Back Matter
  • Bibliography /
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  • Index /
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