The Political Dimensions of the Converso Phenomenon in Portugal and Beyond
Bar-Ilan University and the Van Leer Jerusalem Institut
Thursday, May 28th, Bar-Ilan University
Conversos’ “Emancipation"
Chair: Roberto Bachmann, Associação Portuguesa de
Estudos Judaicos (APEJ)
Jorge M. Pedreira, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Mercantilism, State-Building, and Social Reform: Pombal and the Abolition of the Distinction between New Christians and Old-Christians