| 书目名称 | Irish Voices from the Spanish Inquisition | | 副标题 | Migrants, Converts a | | 编辑 | Thomas O’Connor | | 视频video | http://file.papertrans.cn/476/475373/475373.mp4 | | 概述 | Explains how and why Irish people became entangled with the Spanish Inquisition from the mid 1550s until the early nineteenth century.Utilises hundreds of personal testimonies, delivered under interro | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .This book explores the activities of early modern Irish migrants in Spain, particularly their rather surprising association with the Spanish Inquisition. Pushed from home by political, economic and religious instability, and attracted to Spain by the wealth and opportunities of its burgeoning economy and empire, the incoming Irish fell prey to the Spanish Inquisition. For the inquisitors, the Irish, as vassals of Elizabeth I, were initially viewed as a heretical threat and suffered prosecution for Protestant heresy. However, for most Irish migrants, their dual status as English vassals and loyal Catholics permitted them to adapt quickly to provide brokerage and intermediary services to the Spanish state, mediating informally between it and Protestant jurisdictions, especially England. The Irish were particularly successful in forging an association with the Inquisition to convert incoming Protestant soldiers, merchants and operatives for useful service in Catholic Spain. As both victims and agents of the Inquisition, the Irish emerge as a versatile and complex migrant group. Their activities complicate our view of early modern migration and raise questions about the role of migran | | 出版日期 | Book 2016 | | 关键词 | Inquisition; Irish diaspora; Spain; migrants; conversion; collusion; trade; assimilation; eighteenth century | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137465900 | | isbn_softcover | 978-1-349-69094-7 | | isbn_ebook | 978-1-137-46590-0 | | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016 |
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