Republics of difference : religious and racial self-governance in the Spanish Atlantic world / Karen B. Graubart.
Republics of Difference is a groundbreaking study of Spanish imperial recognition of the jurisdictions of many self-governing corporate groups, including communities of Jews and Muslims, indigenous peoples, and enslaved and free peoples of African descent, that shows how religiously- and racially-ba...
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Format: | Ebook |
Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2022]
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Summary: | Republics of Difference is a groundbreaking study of Spanish imperial recognition of the jurisdictions of many self-governing corporate groups, including communities of Jews and Muslims, indigenous peoples, and enslaved and free peoples of African descent, that shows how religiously- and racially-based self-governance functioned in a society with many kinds of law and how this enabled communities in late medieval Spain and colonial Latin America to protect their practices and cultures over time. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
ISBN: | 0190233850 9780190233853 |