Public Christians, Secret Jews: Religion and Political Conflict on Sao Tome Island in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
Demands for religious conformity and accusations of heterodoxy have often been used for political purposes. On the island of Sao Tome, charges of covert Judaism were used to discredit opponents in the struggle over the island's political and economic resources. Accusations of secret Judaism of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc.
1990
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The sixteenth century journal
Year: 1990, Volume: 21, Issue: 4, Pages: 645-654 |
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| Summary: | Demands for religious conformity and accusations of heterodoxy have often been used for political purposes. On the island of Sao Tome, charges of covert Judaism were used to discredit opponents in the struggle over the island's political and economic resources. Accusations of secret Judaism of the forcibly converted settlers were unknown until the late sixteenth century economic decline. Conflict over wealth and power, government, and religious jurisdiction led to charges of heresy, even riot and murder. Correlations between economic decline, charges of Judasim, and episodes of violence suggest that politics and economics, not religion, were at the core of the conflict. Sao Tome demonstrates in miniature this linkage, which was seen in Europe in the same era. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-0726 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/2542190 |