Bruno Feitler, Ph.D. (2001), Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales, is Professor of Early Modern History at the Universidade Federal de São Paulo, and researcher of the CNPq (Brazil). He has published on the Portuguese Inquisition, the Church in Colonial Brazil, and the Portuguese Jews.

• ContentsList of Illustrations viAbbreviations ixIntroduction 11 Jews in Portugal and the Beginnings of Polemical Literature 92 Portuguese Anti-Semitic Literary Production: Forms, Objectives, andReception (17th – 18th Centuries) 182.1 Sermons and Auto-da-Fe Lists 192.2 Treatises 442.3 Sources 652.4 Circulation and Censorship 673 The New Christian Image 773.1 Terminology 773.2 Punishment of the Deicides 823.3 Enemies of the Portuguese 843.4 Rites and Beliefs 874 Continuity and Change: The Different Currents of Anti-JewishLiterature 944.1 The Seventeenth Century Context 944.1.1 Memorials 964.2 Signs of a New Time? 1014.2.1 Pamphlets 1065 Conclusions 117Annex 1: Inquisitorial Medals and Diplomas 121Annex 2: The Auto-da-Fé Sermon in Lisbon on May 5th, 1624 130Sources and Bibliography 187Index of Names and Places 204

Bruno Feitler, Ph.D. (2001), Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales, is Professor of Early Modern History at the Universidade Federal de São Paulo, and researcher of the CNPq (Brazil). He has published on the Portuguese Inquisition, the Church in Colonial Brazil, and the Portuguese Jews.

• ContentsList of Illustrations viAbbreviations ixIntroduction 11 Jews in Portugal and the Beginnings of Polemical Literature 92 Portuguese Anti-Semitic Literary Production: Forms, Objectives, andReception (17th – 18th Centuries) 182.1 Sermons and Auto-da-Fe Lists 192.2 Treatises 442.3 Sources 652.4 Circulation and Censorship 673 The New Christian Image 773.1 Terminology 773.2 Punishment of the Deicides 823.3 Enemies of the Portuguese 843.4 Rites and Beliefs 874 Continuity and Change: The Different Currents of Anti-JewishLiterature 944.1 The Seventeenth Century Context 944.1.1 Memorials 964.2 Signs of a New Time? 1014.2.1 Pamphlets 1065 Conclusions 117Annex 1: Inquisitorial Medals and Diplomas 121Annex 2: The Auto-da-Fé Sermon in Lisbon on May 5th, 1624 130Sources and Bibliography 187Index of Names and Places 204

Bruno Feitler, Ph.D. (2001), Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales, is Professor of Early Modern History at the Universidade Federal de São Paulo, and researcher of the CNPq (Brazil). He has published on the Portuguese Inquisition, the Church in Colonial Brazil, and the Portuguese Jews.

• ContentsList of Illustrations viAbbreviations ixIntroduction 11 Jews in Portugal and the Beginnings of Polemical Literature 92 Portuguese Anti-Semitic Literary Production: Forms, Objectives, andReception (17th – 18th Centuries) 182.1 Sermons and Auto-da-Fe Lists 192.2 Treatises 442.3 Sources 652.4 Circulation and Censorship 673 The New Christian Image 773.1 Terminology 773.2 Punishment of the Deicides 823.3 Enemies of the Portuguese 843.4 Rites and Beliefs 874 Continuity and Change: The Different Currents of Anti-JewishLiterature 944.1 The Seventeenth Century Context 944.1.1 Memorials 964.2 Signs of a New Time? 1014.2.1 Pamphlets 1065 Conclusions 117Annex 1: Inquisitorial Medals and Diplomas 121Annex 2: The Auto-da-Fé Sermon in Lisbon on May 5th, 1624 130Sources and Bibliography 187Index of Names and Places 204