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Author Soyer, Francois

Title Popularizing Anti-Semitism in early modern Spain and its empire : Francisco de Torrejoncillo and the Centinela contra Judios (1674) / Francois Soyer
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 319 pages) : illustrations, maps (some color)
Series The medieval and early modern Iberian world ; 54
Medieval and early modern Iberian world ; 54.
Contents Popularizing Anti-Semitism in Early Modern Spain and its Empire; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; List of Illustrations and Maps; Maps; Illustrations; Foreword; SECTION ONE: A HISTORY AND ANALYSIS OF THE CENTINELA CONTRA JUDÍOS; 1. Seventeenth-Century Spain and its 'Jewish Problem': The Centinela contra Judíos and its Historical Context; 2. Religion and Blood: Religious Anti-Semitism in Early Modern Spain; 3. Authorship, History and Impact of the Centinela contra Judíos; 4. Anti-Semitic Propaganda and Pedagogy: Fear Mongering in the Centinela contra Judíos; Conclusion
SECTION TWO: TRANSLATION OF THE CENTINELA CONTRA JUDÍOSForeword to the Translation; Francisco de Torrejoncillo; Prologue for the Reader; 1. How the Jews are, and always have been, Arrogant and Liars; 2. That the Jews are, and have been, Traitors; 3. How the Jews came to be Disdained and Humbled; 4. How the Jews are Persecutors of our Holy Catholic Faith; 5. That those who Favour Jews because of the Benefit that They Receive in Return will never come to a Good End. Nor will They Prosper with Them; 6. Why the Jews should not be Trusted, nor should any Faith be placed in their Deeds
7. Regarding the Anxiety with which the Jews await the coming of the Messiah8. How the Jews, wherever they may be, stick together and form a Mystical Body; 9. Why they were called Hebrews, Israelites and Jews and why and how, in Ancient Times, they came to be called Marranos; 10. How the Jews, in addition to being opposed to our Holy Faith, are our Mortal Enemies; 11. Regarding the Signs by which Divine Providence differentiates the Jews; 12. How the Jews are Restless, Vainglorious, Seditious and ordinarily sow Discord wherever they are
13. How the Hebrews do not Presently possess any Honour or Nobility whatsoever, and they lost that which they possessed with the Death of Christ14. Regarding the Mercy with which our Mother Church treats the Jews, and will continue to treat them, and how far its obligations extend; Appendix; Bibliography; Index
Summary This book charts the history of the most vitriolic and successful anti-Semitic polemic printed in the early modern Hispanic world, offering the first analysis, edition and translation of the text: the Centinela contra judíos of the Franciscan Francisco de Torrejoncillo
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Torrejoncillo, Francisco de, active 1670 -- Translations into English
SUBJECT Torrejoncillo, Francisco de, active 1670 fast
Subject Antisemitism -- Spain -- History -- 17th century -- Sources
Antisemitism -- Spain -- History -- 17th century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Antisemitism
Spain
Genre/Form History
Sources
Translations
Form Electronic book
Author Torrejoncillo, Francisco de, active 1670. Centinela contra Judios. English
ISBN 9789004268876
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1306493544
9781306493543