Religious Diaspora in Early Modern Europe - 9781848934450

Taylor & Francis

This collection of essays looks at the shared experience of exile across different groups in the early modern period. Contributors argue that exile is a useful analytical tool in the study of a wide variety of peoples previously examined in isolation. > This collection of essays looks at the shared experience of exile across different groups in the early modern period. Contributors argue that exile is a useful analytical tool in the study of a wide variety of peoples previously examined in isolation. > Introduction, Greta Grace Kroeker; Chapter 1 Trade in Tolerance: The Portuguese New Christians of Antwerp, 1530\u201350, Victoria Christman; Chapter 2 Swimming Against the Tide: The Entry of Jews in Spain. Religious Mobility, Social Control and Integration at the End of the Ancien R\u00E9gime, Marina Torres Arce; Chapter 3 Populating a \u2018Nest of Pirates, Murtherers, etc.\u2019: Tuscan Immigration Policy and Ragion Di Stato in the free Port of Livorno, Stephanie Nadalo; Chapten