The Early Modern Commons

Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies 13/3 (2021): Francois Soyer, “Jews and the child murder libel in the medieval Iberian Peninsula: European trends and Iberian peculiarities.” Tiago João Queimada e Silva, “Aristocratic neo-Gothicism in fourteenth-century...

Book chapter: François Soyer, “Prohibiting Sexual Relations across Religious Boundaries in Fifteenth-Century Portugal: Severity and Pragmatism in Legal Theory and Practice,” in Religious Minorities in Christian, Jewish and Muslim Law...

François Soyer, “‘Secret Synagogues’: Fact and Fantasy from Portugal to Macau,” Cadernos de Estudos Sefarditas 19/2 (2018): 47-66.

François Soyer, Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories in the Early Modern Iberian World: Narratives of Fear and Hatred (Brill, 2019).

François Soyer, “The Inquisition and the Repression of Erotic and Pornographic Imagery in Early Nineteenth-Century Madrid,” The Journal of the Historical Association 103/354 (2018).

I recently learned about the Early Modern Inquisition Database from François Soyer’s twitter feed.  

History: The Journal of the Historical Association (2018): François Soyer, “The Inquisition and the Repression of Erotic and Pornographic Imagery in Early Nineteenth-Century Madrid.”

Journal of Interdisciplinary History 47/4 (2017): François Soyer reviews Christina H. Lee, The Anxiety of Sameness in Early Modern Spain (Manchester University Press, 2016).

François Soyer, “Prohibiting Sexual Relations across Religious Boundaries in Fifteenth-Century Portugal: Legal Severity and Practical Pragmatism” in Religious Minorities in Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Law (5th-15th Centuries), J....

Renaissance Quarterly 69/3 (2016): Oumelbanine Zhiri, “Mapping the Frontier between Islam and Christendom in a Diplomatic Age: al-Ghassânî in Spain.” Yuen-Gen Lang reviews Thomas Devaney, Enemies in the Plaza: Urban Spectacle and...

Iberian Books Volumes II & III/Libros Ibéricos Volúmenes II y III (2 vols): Books published in Spain, Portugal and the New World or elsewhere in Spanish or Portuguese between 1601 and 1650/Libros publicados en  España, Portugal...

Sixteenth Century Journal 46/1 (Spring 2015): Magdalena S. Sánchez, “Where Palace and Convent Met: The Descalzas Reales in Madrid.” Review Essay: Grace E. Coolidge reviews Thomas James Dandelet, The Renaissance of Empire in Early Modern...

The Sixteenth Century Journal 46/1 (2015): Magdalena S. Sánchez, “Where Palace and Convent Met: The Descalzas Reales in Madrid.” Grace E. Coolidge, Review Essay: The Renaissance of Empire in Early Modern Europe, Thomas James Dandelet...

François Soyer, “Enforcing Religious Repression in an Age of World Empires: Assessing the Global Reach of the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions,” History 100 (2015): 331-53.

François Soyer, “The Public Baptism of Muslims in Early Modern Spain and Portugal: Forging Communal Identity through Collective Emotional Display,” Journal of Religious History 39/2 (2015).

François Soyer, “The Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theory in Sixteenth-Century Spain and Portugal and the Origins of the Carta de los Judíos de Constantinopla: New Evidence,” Sefarad: Revista de estudios hebraicos y sefardies, 74 (2014): 369-88.

Renaissance Quarterly 67/4 (2014): Michael J Schreffler, “Inca Architecture from the Andes to the Adriatic: Pedro Sancho’s Description of Cuzco,” p. 1191-1223. Judith Berg Sobré reviews Cynthia Robinson, Imagining the Passion in a Multiconfessional...

François Soyer, “The Inquisitorial Trial of a Cross-Dressing Lesbian: Reactions and Responses to Female Homosexuality in 18th-Century Portugal,” Journal of Homosexuality 61/11 (2014): 1529-57.

The Journal of Early Modern History 18/4 (2014): Articles: François Soyer, “Manuel I of Portugal and the End of the Toleration of Islam in Castile: Marriage Diplomacy, Propaganda, and Portuguese Imperialism in Renaissance Europe, 1495-1505.” John...

François Soyer, Popularizing Anti-Semitism in Early Modern Spain and Its Empire: Francisco de Torrejoncillo and the Centinela contra Judíos (Brill, 2014).