The Expansion of Tolerance: Religion in Dutch Brazil (1624-1654) (Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age) - Softcover

Book 2 of 33: Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age

Groesen, Michiel M.; Schwartz, Stuart S.

 
9789053569023: The Expansion of Tolerance: Religion in Dutch Brazil (1624-1654) (Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9053569022 ISBN 13: 9789053569023
Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

This volume about religious tolerance in early modern Brazil comprises two articles. Jonathan Israel, in his contribution, argues that Dutch tolerance in Brazil was unprecedented in the seventeenth century. Catholics and particularly Jews were given freedom of conscience and freedom of private worship in accordance with Dutch guide-lines. Stuart Schwartz, in his article, demonstrates that religious toleration in Dutch Brazil was not exclusively the domain of the Dutch. The Portuguese also widely approved of tolerance at grassroots level, accepting an individual’s preference to follow his own path to salvation.

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About the Author

Jonathan Israel is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor for Modern European History at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.|

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9053569022
ISBN 13 
9789053569023
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
60