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Title

The Hebrew Portuguese nations in Antwerp and London at the time of Charles V and Henry VIII : new documents and interpretations / by Aron di Leone Leoni.

Author

Di Leone Leoni, Aron.

Publication

Jersey City, N.J. : KTAV Publishing, c2005.

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Description

xvii, 268 p. : ill., 1 map; 24 cm.

Subject

• Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558 > Relations with Jews
• Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 > Relations with Jews
• Jews, Portuguese > Antwerp > Politics and government > 16th century
• Jewish merchants > Antwerp > History > 16th century
• Jewish refugees > Portugal > History > 16th century
• Jews, Portuguese > England > History > 16th century
• Crypto-Jews > Italy > History > 16th century
• Crypto-Jews > Middle East > History > 16th century
• Portugal > History > 16th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-243) and indexes.

Contents

The Portuguese settlement of Antwerp in the first half of the XVIth century -- Charles V's struggle against heresy in the Low Countries 5 -- Charles V's unorthodox attitude towards the new Christians of Antwerp -- A diplomatic step of the Imperial State Secretary towards the Duke of Ferrara -- The first campaign waged by Charles V and Mary of Habsburg against the Portuguese merchants of Antwerp 18 -- The 1540 legislation for the eradication of all the heresies -- A new wave of persecutions against the new Christians (1540-1541) -- The results of the 1540-1541 inquiries in Middelbourg and in Pavia -- The Portuguese nation of Ferrara (1538-1541) -- The blockade of the road of Trent and the boycott of Ferrara (summer 1541) -- The 1537 Privilege of the Portuguese nation of Antwerp reconfirmed in 1542 -- The Portuguese settlement in Tudor London (1540-1543) -- A sudden change in the emperor's attitude towards the Portuguese of Antwerp -- New arrests in Antwerp (1543-1544) -- The results of the 1544 inquiry: the underground route from Lisbon to Antwerp and, from there, to Italy and the Levant -- The itinerary to Ferrara -- Nuño Henriques and Henrique Nuñes' imprisonment -- Some peculiar aspects of Charles V's policy in the Low Countries -- The leadership of the Portuguese nation in Antwerp -- The expulsion from Antwerp (1549) -- Some outstanding figures in Antwerp in 1540 -- Some figures of the Portuguese nation of Antwerp, 1549-1550.

ISBN

0881258660

LCCN

2004018392

OCLC

• ocm56319610
• SCSB-14423185

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library