The Persecution of the Jews and Muslims of Portugal

The Persecution of the Jews and Muslims of Portugal
Author: François Soyer
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2007-10-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 9047431553

In 1496-7, King Manuel I of Portugal forced the Jews of his kingdom to convert to Christianity and expelled all his Muslim subjects. Portugal was the first kingdom of the Iberian Peninsula to end definitively Christian-Jewish-Muslim coexistence, creating an exclusively Christian realm. Drawing upon narrative and documentary sources in Portuguese, Spanish and Hebrew, this book pieces together the developments that led to the events of 1496-7 and presents a detailed reconstruction of the persecution. It challenges widely held views concerning the impact of the arrival in Portugal of the Jews expelled from Castile in 1492, the diplomatic wrangling that led to the forced conversion of the Portuguese Jews in 1497 and the causes behind the expulsion of the Muslim minority.

Dawn of a Dynasty

Dawn of a Dynasty
Author: Richard P. Kinkade
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 556
Release: 2020
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1487504608

This highly original biography of Infante Manuel offers an intriguing and alternative perspective on one of the most turbulent eras of medieval Spain.

Royal Divine Coronation Iconography in the Medieval Euro-Mediterranean Area

Royal Divine Coronation Iconography in the Medieval Euro-Mediterranean Area
Author: Mirko Vagnoni
Publisher: MDPI
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2020-12-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3039437518

In the last decades, historians and art historians have created an active historiographical debate about one of the most fascinating and studied iconographic themes of the Middle Ages: the royal divine coronation. Indeed, in the specific case of some Ottonian and Salian illuminations, it has been proposed that their function was not only political or to legitimize power, as traditionally suggested (Herrscherbilder), but also liturgical and religious (Memorialbilder). This has led to a complete rethinking of the meaning of this iconographic theme: the divine coronation of the king would not symbolically allude to his earthly power but to the wholly devotional hope of receiving the crown of eternal life in the afterlife. If this academic debate has been concentrated, above all, on Ottonian and Salian royal images, this Special Issue of Arts would like to deal with this topic by stimulating the analysis of royal divine coronation and blessing scenes in religious and liturgical context (mosaics, frescos, or paintings placed in cathedrals or monastic churches and illuminations of liturgical texts) with a wider geographical and temporal setting; that is, the European and Mediterranean kingdoms in the period from the 12th to the 15th centuries.

The Crown, the Court and the Casa da Índia

The Crown, the Court and the Casa da Índia
Author: Susannah Ferreira
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2015-05-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004298193

In The Crown, the Court and the Casa da Índia, Susannah Humble Ferreira examines the social and political context that gave rise to the Portuguese Overseas Empire during the reigns of João II (1481-95) and Manuel I (1495-1521). In particular the book elucidates the role of the Portuguese royal household in the political consolidation of Portugal in this period. By looking at the relationship of the Manueline Reforms, the expulsion of the Jews and the creation of the Santa Casa da Misericordia to the political threat brought on by the expansion of Ferdinand of Aragon into the Mediterranean, the author re-evaluates the place of the overseas expansion in the policies of the Portuguese crown.

The Making of a Court Society

The Making of a Court Society
Author: Rita Costa Gomes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2003-04-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0521800110

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