ISBN:
9789004500969
,
9789004127654
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Year of publication:
2002
Series Statement:
Brill's Series in Jewish Studies 30
Series Statement:
Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Diasporas within a Diaspora : Jews, Crypto-Jews and the World of Maritime Empires (1540-1740)
Keywords:
Jews
;
Marranos History 17th century
;
Sephardim History 16th century
Abstract:
This volume is concerned with the religious, social and commercial 'networking' methods extending over a large part of the world, ranging from the Near East to South America, used by the western Sephardic Jewish diaspora - and the linked 'New Christian' diaspora (in lands where the Inquisition prevailed)- from the mid sixteenth to the mid eighteenth century. Particular attention is given to the role of these unique diasporas in the functioning of the six great European world maritime empires of the time - the Venetian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English and French. New material and argument is offered relating to the questions of diaspora formation, Sephardic social practices, crypto-Judaism, religious syncretism, cross-cultural brokerage, and the contribution of diasporas to European expansion
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1163/9789004500969
Permalink
