Irish voices from the Spanish Inquisition : migrants, converts and brokers in early modern Iberia / Thomas O'Connor (Senior Lecturer in European History, National University of Ireland, Maynooth).
O'Connor, Thomas, author.
2016
DP53.I74 O26 2016eb
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Irish voices from the Spanish Inquisition : migrants, converts and brokers in early modern Iberia / Thomas O'Connor (Senior Lecturer in European History, National University of Ireland, Maynooth).
Author
O'Connor, Thomas, author.
ISBN
9781137465900 (electronic book)
1137465905 (electronic book)
9781137465894
Published
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
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English
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1 online resource
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DP53.I74 O26 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
946/.004916/200903
Summary
This book explores the activities of early modern Irish migrants in Spain, particularly their rather surprising association with the Spanish Inquisition. Pushed from home by political, economic and religious instability, and attracted to Spain by the wealth and opportunities of its burgeoning economy and empire, the incoming Irish fell prey to the Spanish Inquisition. For the inquisitors, the Irish, as vassals of Elizabeth I, were initially viewed as a heretical threat and suffered prosecution for Protestant heresy. However, for most Irish migrants, their dual status as English vassals and loyal Catholics permitted them to adapt quickly to provide brokerage and intermediary services to the Spanish state, mediating informally between it and Protestant jurisdictions, especially England. The Irish were particularly successful in forging an association with the Inquisition to convert incoming Protestant soldiers, merchants and operatives for useful service in Catholic Spain. As both victims and agents of the Inquisition, the Irish emerge as a versatile and complex migrant group. Their activities complicate our view of early modern migration and raise questions about the role of migrant groups and their foreign networks in the core historical narratives of Ireland, Spain and England, and in the history of their connections. Irish Voices from the Spanish Inquisition throws new light on how the Inquisition worked, not only as an organ of doctrinal police, but also in its unexpected role as a cross-creedal instrument of conversion and assimilation.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Maps; Introduction; Part I: Sixteenth Century; 1 The European Context for Irish Migrant Mobility; Anglo-Spanish tensions; Inquisition and the English Embassy in Madrid; Towards practical tolerance, 1568-1574; The new order; 2 Irish Merchants and the Inquisition; Sinews of trade; Dealing with the Inquisition; On the high seas and in the New World; 3 Irish Clergy on the Move; Origins of clerical mobility; Engaging with the Inquisition; Settling into exile, 1590-1604; Part II: Seventeenth Century

4 Diversifying Migrant RolesTrench warfare at the English embassy; New inquisitorial roles; Migrant inclusion and exclusion strategies; Reconciling Irish Muslims; 5 The Irish in Spanish America; Policing porous frontiers; Pirates, soldiers and settlers; Irish clerics on the Spanish mission; 6 Inquisitorial Intrigue and the Mexican Irish; William Lamport in Mexico; Lamport's radicalization; Waning of the New World Inquisitions; Part III: Eighteenth Century; 7 Irish Soldiers and the Inquisition, 1700-1750; New challenges for the Holy Office; Naturalizing Irish heretics; Fading military presence

Inquisitorial eclipse8 Eighteenth-Century Mercantile Diaspora; Economic success of Irish merchants; Assisting the Inquisition in Málaga; The industrious Irish of Bilbao; The Irish in the Canary Islands Inquisition; Contesting English interests in Lisbon; Converting English heretics in Cádiz; 9 Irish Money and Industry in Spain; Financiers and the Inquisition; Converting Irish operatives; Knowledge transfer; 10 Gendering the Migrant Experience; Female conversion narratives; Solicitation and sexual harassment; Social pressures; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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