The Persecution of the Jews and Muslims of Portugal
King Manuel I and the End of Religious Tolerance (1496-7)
Biographical note
François Soyer, Ph.D. (2006) in History, University of Cambridge, is a visiting Research Fellow at the University of Evora. He has published on religious minorities and the Inquisition in Medieval and Early Modern Spain and Portugal.
Readership
All those interested in social, religious and political history, jewish and islamic history, the history of tolerance and intolerance, as well as the history of the Catholic Church, Spain and Portugal.
Reviews
"a thoroughly researched work that makes use of a variety of sources in several languages, including Latin, Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish and Portuguese. I found it generally persuasive and certainly an important contribution to the fields of Portuguese, Jewish and Islamic history", Ariel Hessayon review in Reviews in History (review no. 797), URL: http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/paper/hessayona.html
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
Notes for Readers: Names, Dates and Currency
Abbreviations
List of Plates
Introduction
1: The Jewish and Muslim Minorities in Medieval Portugal
2: Castilian Conversos and Jews in Portugal c.1480-c.1495
3: The Death of João II and the Accession of Manuel I
4: The “General Conversion” of the Jews and Renewal of the “Converso Problem”
5: The Expulsion of the Muslims from Portugal: the Forgotten Persecution
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Notes for Readers: Names, Dates and Currency
Abbreviations
List of Plates
Introduction
1: The Jewish and Muslim Minorities in Medieval Portugal
2: Castilian Conversos and Jews in Portugal c.1480-c.1495
3: The Death of João II and the Accession of Manuel I
4: The “General Conversion” of the Jews and Renewal of the “Converso Problem”
5: The Expulsion of the Muslims from Portugal: the Forgotten Persecution
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
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