Irish Voices from the Spanish Inquisition: Migrants, Converts and Brokers in Early Modern Iberia

by Thomas O'Connor

Book Overview

This book explores the activities of early modern Irish migrants in Spain, particularly their rather surprising association with the Spanish Inquisition. Pushed from home by political, economic and religious instability, and attracted to Spain by the wealth and opportunities of its burgeoning economy and empire, the incoming Irish fell prey to the Spanish Inquisition. For the inquisitors, the Irish, as vassals of Elizabeth I, were initially viewed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349690945
• ISBN13: 9781349690947
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"