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Forbidden passages : Muslims and Moriscos in colonial Spanish America /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cook, Karoline P., 1979- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc., [2016]
Series:Early modern Americas.
Subjects:
Muslims > Latin America > History > 16th century.
Muslims > Latin America > History > 17th century.
Moriscos > Latin America > History > 16th century.
Moriscos > Latin America > History > 17th century.
Latin America > Emigration and immigration > History > 16th century.
Latin America > Emigration and immigration > History > 17th century.
1500-1699
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Who were the Moriscos? Introducing a translantic story
  • Into the Atlantic: justifying title and establishing dominion
  • Forbidden crossing: emigration legislation and Morisco responses
  • "These hidden heretics": the politics of Morisco religiosity
  • Healers and diviners: Morisco practitioners in the New World
  • "Polvos del Gran Turco": Moriscos and magical practice in Spanish America
  • Honor, lineage, Ovandina: the dynamics of accusations and religious intolerance
  • Images Muslims and Moriscos in Spanish America.