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Stuart Schwartz

    Stuart B. Schwartz est un spécialiste de premier plan de l'histoire de l'Amérique latine coloniale, en particulier du Brésil, et de l'expansion du début de l'ère moderne. Son travail se concentre sur une compréhension approfondie des processus historiques qui ont façonné cette région et cette époque. Il a poursuivi ses études de premier cycle au Middlebury College et à l'Universidad Autonoma de Mexico, obtenant son doctorat en histoire de l'Amérique latine à la Columbia University. Son expertise réside dans l'analyse des structures sociales, économiques et politiques complexes de la période moderne précoce.

    Blood and Boundaries - The Limits of Religious and Racial Exclusion in Early Modern Latin America
    • Spain and Portugal's policies of exclusion and discrimination based on religious origins and genealogy were transferred to their colonies in Latin America. Schwartz examines the three minority of groups of moriscos, conversos, and mestizos. Muslim and Jewish converts and their descendants posed a special problem for colonial society: Their conversion to Christianity seemed to violate stable social categories and identities. This led to the creation of cleanliness of blood regulations that discriminated against converts and other parts of the population. These groups often found legal and practical means to challenge the efforts to exclude them, creating the dynamic societies of Latin America.

      Blood and Boundaries - The Limits of Religious and Racial Exclusion in Early Modern Latin America