Heréticos e impuros
Subtitle: a inquisição e os cristãos-novos no Rio de Janeiro, século XVIII
By: Lina Gorenstein Ferreira da Silva.
Series: Coleção Biblioteca carioca ;; v. 39.; Série Publicação científica; Biblioteca carioca ;; 39o. v.; Biblioteca carioca.
Publisher: Prefeitura da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Secretaria Municipal de Cultura, Departamento Geral de Documentação e Informação Cultural, Divisão de Editoração
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Language: por
Number of pages: 217
Subjects: Marranos -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro -- History -- 18th century.; Jews -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro -- History -- 18th century.; Inquisition -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro -- History -- 18th century.; Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) -- Ethnic relations.
Description: "Addresses role of New Christians in urban Rio de Janeiro during a period of economic expansion in southeast Brazil. Concludes that the Inquisition, active in Rio de Janeiro after 1703, shattered the unity of the New Christian community"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-152).
Originally presented as the author's thesis (master's--Universidade de São Paulo, 1993) under the title: Inquisição no Rio de Janeiro setecentista: uma família cristã-nova.