Converso Non-Conformism in Early Modern Spain: Bad Blood and Faith from Alonso de Cartagena to Diego Velázquez

by Kevin Ingram

Book Overview

This book examines the effects of Jewish conversions to Christianity in late medieval Spanish society. Ingram focuses on these converts and their descendants (known as conversos) not as Judaizers, but as Christian humanists, mystics and evangelists, who attempt to create a new society based on quietist religious practice, merit, and toleration. His narrative takes the reader on a journey from the late fourteenth-century conversions and the first...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030404307
• ISBN13: 9783030404307
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"