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Maarten Janssen, 2014-
Author(s) | Vicente Leitão Cordeiro |
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Addressee(s) | Joana Rodrigues Leitão |
In English | Instructions letter from Vicente Leitão Cordeiro, a trader, to his wife Joana Rodrigues. The author tells his wife to leave everything in Faro and escape to Seville with her family and slaves. Joana Rodrigues Leitão was a New-Christian of 44, baptized as a Catholic, mother of two nuns, who nevertheless was accused by the Inquisition of Judaism and heresy. She was found guilty, excommunicated and dispossessed of her property. |
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