A Message from the Cortes de amor: An Admonishment on New Christians Attributed to Father António Vieira

Claude B. Stuczynski

doi:10.26300/vdvc-qc12

A Message from the Cortes de amor: An Admonishment on New Christians Attributed to Father António Vieira

Claude B. Stuczynski

Department of General History

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Abstract

Abstract This article is a textual and contextual analysis of one of Father António Vieira’s apocryphal writings addressed to Portugal’s prince regent D. Pedro: the “Paper on the Parliament made by the Prince and Regent Dom Pedro.” Besides reinforcing Vieira’s authorship, this study sheds light on the way the Jesuit faced one of the worst moments in the history of the New Christian phenomenon in Portugal, after a host desecration in the Church of Odivelas in May 1671, when politics and anti-converso feelings became intertwined. Rhetoric and political messianism appear in this manuscript as tools to transform hatred of New Christians into empathy and support

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	155-190
Number of pages	36
Journal	E-Journal of Portuguese History
Volume	20
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.26300/vdvc-qc12
State	Published - 1 Dec 2022

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Keywords

Inquisition
New Christians
Parliamentarism
antisemitism
philosemitism
political messianism

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A Message from the Cortes de amor: An Admonishment on New Christians Attributed to Father António Vieira

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