ISBN:
0521192862
,
9780511989384
Language:
English
Pages:
XV, 262 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
,
24 cm
Year of publication:
2011
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. Mark, Peter The forgotten diaspora
DDC:
305.892/40663
Keywords:
Jews History 16th century
;
Jews History 17th century
;
Sephardim History 16th century
;
Sephardim History 17th century
;
Marranos History 16th century
;
Marranos History 17th century
;
Petite Coast (Senegal) Ethnic relations
;
Jews
;
Senegal
;
History
;
Senegal
;
Commerce
;
History
;
17th century
;
Senegal
;
Relations
;
Portugal
;
Portugal
;
Relations
;
Senegal
;
Senegambien
;
Portugiesen
;
Sephardim
;
Siedlung
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
"This book traces the history of early seventeenth-century Portuguese Sephardic traders who settled in two communities on Senegal's Petite Côte. There, they lived as public Jews, under the spiritual guidance of a rabbi sent to them by the newly established Portuguese Jewish community in Amsterdam. In Senegal, the Jews were protected from agents of the Inquisition by local Muslim rulers. The Petite Côte communities included several Jews of mixed Portuguese-African heritage as well as African wives, offspring, and servants. The blade weapons trade was an important part of their commercial activities. These merchants participated marginally in the slave trade but fully in the arms trade, illegally supplying West African markets with swords. This blade weapons trade depended on artisans and merchants based in Morocco, Lisbon, and northern Europe and affected warfare in the Sahel and along the Upper Guinea Coast. After members of these communities moved to the United Provinces around 1620, they had a profound influence on relations between black and white Jews in Amsterdam. The study not only discovers previously unknown Jewish communities but by doing so offers a reinterpretation of the dynamics and processes of identity construction throughout the Atlantic world"--
Abstract:
"This book traces the history of early seventeenth-century Portuguese Sephardic traders who settled in two communities on Senegal's Petite Côte. There, they lived as public Jews, under the spiritual guidance of a rabbi sent to them by the newly established Portuguese Jewish community in Amsterdam. In Senegal, the Jews were protected from agents of the Inquisition by local Muslim rulers. The Petite Côte communities included several Jews of mixed Portuguese-African heritage as well as African wives, offspring, and servants. The blade weapons trade was an important part of their commercial activities. These merchants participated marginally in the slave trade but fully in the arms trade, illegally supplying West African markets with swords. This blade weapons trade depended on artisans and merchants based in Morocco, Lisbon, and northern Europe and affected warfare in the Sahel and along the Upper Guinea Coast. After members of these communities moved to the United Provinces around 1620, they had a profound influence on relations between black and white Jews in Amsterdam. The study not only discovers previously unknown Jewish communities but by doing so offers a reinterpretation of the dynamics and processes of identity construction throughout the Atlantic world"--
Description / Table of Contents:
1. Two Sephardic Communities on Senegal's Petite Côte -- 2. Jewish Identity in Senegambia -- 3. Religious Interaction: Catholics, Jews, and Muslims in Early Seventeenth-Century Upper Guinea -- 4. The Blade Weapons Trade in Seventeenth-Century West Africa -- 5. The Luso-African Ivories as Historical Source for the Weapons Trade and for the Jewish Presence in Guinea of Cape Verde -- 6. The Later Years: Merchant Mobility and the Evolution of Identity -- Conclusion -- Appendix I: The Jewish Traders of Porto d'Ale and Joal: Their Relatives ad Some of their New Christian Partners in Senegambia and the United Provinces and Portugal: A Comprehensive List (ca. 1606-ca. 1635) -- Appendix II: A Chronological Outline of the Institutional Proceedings against the Jews of Porto d'Ale and Joal (1611-1643).
Note:
Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
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Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=33292
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