Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 316 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 658 g
Reihe: The Iberian Religious World
Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 316 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 658 g
Reihe: The Iberian Religious World
ISBN: 978-90-04-39550-3
Verlag: Brill
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- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Volksglaube & Umstrittenes Wissen
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Contents
Acknowledgments
Illustrations
Abbreviations
Maps
Introduction
1 The ‘Secret Jews’ and Proto-Racialism of Early Modern Spain and Portugal
2 Conspiracy Theories and Conspiracism
1 Conspiracism and Society in Early Modern Europe
1 Defining the Conspiracy Theory
2 Delusional Paranoia, Collective Emotions and the Emotional Dimension of the Conspiracy Theory
3 Explaining the Popularity of Conspiracy Theories
4 Moral Panics: The Social and Political Function of the Conspiracy Theory
5 ‘Modernity’ and the Origins of Conspiracism
6 Conspiracism in Early Modern Europe: the Demonic Superconspiracy
7 Conclusion: the Conspiracy Theory in the Age of ‘Confessionalization’
2 Forged Documents and the Fear of Jewish Infiltration: The Jewish World Plot and the Early Modern Iberian World
1 The Early Notions of a Worldwide Jewish Conspiracy in Medieval Europe
2 The Forged Letter of the Jews of Toledo to Those of Jerusalem: a Fatal Precedent?
3 Warrant for Hatred: the Forged letters from Toledo and Constantinople
4 The Obscure Origins of the Forged Letters
5 The Reception of the Forged Letters
6 Francisco de Quevedo’s La Isla de los Monopantos
7 The Legacy and Influence of the “Toledan Letters” in Modern Antisemitism
8 Conclusion
3 “Seeking to Build a Synagogue within the Church of God”: the Alleged Converso Plot to Infiltrate and Destroy the Catholic Church
1 The Insidious Converso Threat to the Church
2 Perceiving Judaism as a Militant and Missionary Faith
3 The Spectre of the Jewish Dogmatizadores
4 The Menace of Jewish Proselytism amongst Africans and Amerindians
5 Reckless Resistance or Narrative Assault?: the Desecration of Religious Objects and the ‘Jewish Conspiracy’
6 Conclusion
4 Medical Murder: the Myth of the Jewish Serial-Killer Doctors
1 Jews and Medicine in Medieval Iberia
2 Fear of the Homicidal Jewish Doctor and its Medieval Roots
3 The Archetypal Homicidal Doctor: Dr Meir Alguadex
4 Converso Doctors and the ‘Jewish Plot’
5 Ethnic Discrimination and the Medical Professions
6 Medical Antisemitism in the Eighteenth Century
7 Other Medical Conspiracy Theories: a Comparative Study
8 Conclusion
5 “Traitors Who Dwell amongst Us”: the Conversos as Collaborators and Masterminds of the Muslim and Protestant Onslaught against Spain and Portugal
1 The Archetype of Jewish Treason: the Fall of Toledo in 711 CE
2 The ‘Jewish Origins’ of the Reformation: Linking Conversos and Protestants
3 The ‘Jewish Plot’ against the Portuguese Empire
4 A New Toledo in the Americas: Jewish Treason and the Fall of Bahia (1624)
5 Dutch Brazil and the Image of the Conversos
6 The Dutch, the Conversos and the “Grand Conspiracy” against the Spanish Empire (1610-1650)
7 Conclusion
6 “Sponges That Suck Up the Wealth of Spain”: the Jewish Plot, Economic Parasitism and the Fear of Economic Decline
1 The Trope of Jewish Lust of Gold and Usury beyond
2 The Converso Merchant: a Parasite Growing at the Expenses of the Host
3 The Merchant in the Ancien Régime: a Figure of Suspicion and Fear
4 An Easy Hate Figure: the Converso Tax-Farmers and Asentistas
5 Conclusion
Conclusion
1 The Elusive Converso Enemy: a Tool to Construct a Collective Identity
2 Epilogue: the Survival of the Conspiracist Narrative after
Bibliography
Index