Manueline Marriages: Marriage, Wardship, and the Assimilation of Cristãos Novos in Portugal, 1497-1507
In 1497, during the event known as the General Conversion, the Portuguese Crown assumed the custody of unmarried Jewish youths and forcibly baptized them. This article explains how the Crown used marriage and wardship as part of a strategy to assimilate these cristãos novos (New Christians). To this...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
[2020]
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 2020, Volume: 51, Issue: 2, Pages: 323-342 |
| RelBib Classification: | AF Geography of religion BH Judaism CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBH Iberian Peninsula SA Church law; state-church law |
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Religion & politics; History
B Guardian & ward B Christian converts from Judaism B Manuel I, King of Portugal, 1469-1521 B Reign of Manuel I, Portugal, 1495-1521 B Jewish Christians B Marriage |