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Record Nr.

UNINA9910169180303321

Autore

Maryks Robert A

Titolo

The Jesuit Order as a synagogue of Jews [[electronic resource] ] : Jesuits of Jewish ancestry and purity-of-blood laws in the early Society of Jesus / / by Robert Aleksander Maryks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden [Netherlands] ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010

ISBN

1-282-95124-6

9786612951244

90-474-4411-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 p.)

Collana

Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, , 1573-4188 ; ; v. 146

Disciplina

271/.53046089924

Soggetti

Crypto-Jews - Iberian Peninsula - History - 16th century

Crypto-Jews - Iberian Peninsula - History - 17th century

Antisemitism - Iberian Peninsula - History

Race discrimination - Religious aspects - Christianity

Iberian Peninsula Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / R. Maryks -- Introduction / R. Maryks -- Chapter One. The Historical Context Of Purity-Of-Blood Discrimination (1391–1547) / R. Maryks -- Chapter Two. Early Jesuit Pro-Converso Policy (1540–72) / R. Maryks -- Chapter Three. Discrimination Against Jesuits Of Jewish Lineage (1573–93) / R. Maryks -- Chapter Four. Jesuit Opposition To The Purity-Of-Blood Discrimination (1576–1608) / R. Maryks -- Conclusion / R. Maryks -- Appendix I / R. Maryks -- Appendix II / R. Maryks -- Bibliography / R. Maryks -- Index / R. Maryks.

Sommario/riassunto

In The Jesuit Order as a Synagogue of Jews the author explains how Christians with Jewish family backgrounds went within less than forty years from having a leading role in the foundation of the Society of Jesus to being prohibited from membership in it. The author works at the intersection to two important historical topics, each of which attracts considerable scholarly attention but that have never received sustained and careful attention together, namely, the early modern



histories of the Jesuit order and of Iberian “purity of blood” concerns. An analysis of the pro- and anti-converso texts in this book (both in terms of what they are claiming and what their limits are) advance our understanding of early modern, institutional Catholicism at the intersection of early modern religious reform and the new racism developing in Spain and spreading outwards.