The Public Baptism of Muslims in Early Modern Spain and Portugal: Forging Communal Identity through Collective Emotional Display

This article seeks to consider the role played by emotions, or rather emotional display, in the public spectacle of the conversion of infidels in early modern Spain and Portugal. It begins with a concise examination of the ritual of public baptism, based chiefly on evidence gleaned from surviving ac...

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Main Author: Soyer, François 1980- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2015]
In: Journal of religious history
Year: 2015, Volume: 39, Issue: 4, Pages: 506-523
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