América colonial judía
By: Mario Eduardo Cohen.
Publisher: Centro de Investigación y Difusión de Cultura Sefardí
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Buenos Aires
Language: spa
Number of pages: 203
Subjects: Jews -- Spain -- History.; Marranos -- History.; Jews -- South America -- History.; Spain -- Ethnic relations.; South America -- Ethnic relations.
Description: Pp. 49-96 present the history of crypto-Jews in Spanish-Portuguese America in the 16th-18th centuries. Reports on actions against them carried out by the Inquisitions of Lima, Mexico, Cartagena de Indias, and the Portuguese Inquisition in Brazil. Traces the fate of crypto-Jewish martyrs, e.g. Francisco Maldonado de Silva (1592-1639) and Luis de Carvajal (1566-1596).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-203).