The Marrano Factory [[electronic resource] ] : the Portuguese Inquistion and its New Christians 1536-1765 / / by Ant?onio Jos?e Saraiva ; translated, revised and augmented by H.P. Salomon and I.S.D. Sassoon

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783494703321
• Autore: Saraiva António José
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2001
• ISBN: 1-280-46469-0; 9786610464692; 1-4175-1927-4; 90-474-0086-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (461 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): SalomonH. P <1935-> (Herman Prins); SassoonI. S. D
• Disciplina: 272.209469
• Soggetti: Inquisition - Portugal; Jews - Portugal
• 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: Contents; Introduction to the English Edition; A Word to the Reader; Prologue (Fifth Edition, 1985); Introduction; Illustrations 1-18; Chapter One: The Birth of the Portuguese New Christians; Chapter Two: Why and How the Inquisition was Introduced into Portugal; Chapter Three: The Portuguese Inquisitorial Trial; Chapter Four: "Inside Information" (Noticias Reconditas): An Account of the Cruelties Exercised by the Inquisition in Portugal; Chapter Five: Three Specimen Trial Records: Francisco Gomes Henriques, Manuel Fernandes Vilareal, António José da Silva; Chapter Six: What was a Public Auto-da-Fé? Chapter Seven: Cleanness of Blood; Chapter Eight: The "Marrano Factory" According to an 18th-Century New Christian; Chapter Nine: "People of the Nation" or "Men of Commerce"; Chapter Ten: Is There Such a Thing as a "New Christian Ideology?"; Chapter Eleven: The Inquisition as an Institution and as a Center of Power; Chapter Twelve: The King, the Inquisitors and the Merchants; Chapter Thirteen: How and Why the New Christians Petered Out in Portugal; Appendix One: Polemical debate on "Inquisition and New Christians" Between Israel Salvator Révah and António José Saraiva Appendix Two: Dialogue on the Silva-Révah Interview; Appendix Three: The Portuguese New Christians and the Inquisition, Surrebutter to Mr. António José Saraiva; Appendix Four: The Portuguese Inquisition in Goa (India), 1561-1812; Appendix Five: Report by Inquisitor General Francisco de Castro on a Memorial Addressed to King Philip III of Portugal by the "Portuguese Men of Commerce Residing in Spain" in 1630; Appendix Six: A Plea to King João IV for the Reinstatement of Inquisitorial Confiscation Appendix Seven: Chronology of Rulers of Portugal, 1128-1910; Appendix Eight: Chronology of Inquisitors General, 1536-1821; Bibliography; List of Illustrations; Index; About António José Saraiva
• Sommario/riassunto: This title argues that the Portuguese Inquisition's stated intention of extirpating heresies and purifying Portuguese Catholicism was a monumental hoax; the true purpose of the Holy Office was the fabrication rather than the destruction of ""Judaizers"".