Irish Voices from the Spanish Inquisition Migrants, Converts and Bro

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 weal

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Irish Voices from the Spanish Inquisition Migrants, Converts and Brokers in Early Modern Iberia Thomas O’Connor Senior Lecturer in European History, National University of Ireland, Maynooth

© Thomas O’Connor 2016 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-46589-4 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-69094-7 DOI 10.1057/9781137465900

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Magistro dilectissimo Patricio Corish (1921–2013) Juste et sancte vivit qui rerum integer aestimator est (Augustine)

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Contents List of Figures

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Acknowledgements

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List of Abbreviations

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Maps

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Introduction

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Part I Sixteenth Century 1 The European Context for Irish Migrant Mobility Anglo-Spanish tensions Inquisition and the English Embassy in Madrid Towards practical tolerance, 1568–1574 The new order 2 Irish Merchants and the Inquisition Sinews of trade Dealing with the Inquisition On the high seas and in the New World 3 Irish Clergy on the Move Origins of clerical mobility Engaging with the Inquisition Settling into exile, 1590–1604 Part II Seventeenth Century 4 Diversifying Migrant Roles Trench warfare at the English embassy New inquisitorial roles Migrant inclusion and exclusion strategies Reconciling Irish Muslims 5 The Irish in Spanish America Policin