The Expansion of Tolerance: Religion in Dutch Brazil (1624-1654) (Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age)

by Jonathan Israel and Stuart B. Schwartz

Michiel van Groesen (Introduction)

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This volume about religious tolerance in early modern Brazil comprises two articles. Jonathan Israel, in his contribution, argues that Dutch tolerance in Brazil was unprecedented in the seventeenth century. Catholics and particularly Jews were given freedom of conscience and freedom of private worship in accordance with Dutch guide-lines. Stuart Schwartz, in his article, demonstrates that religious toleration in Dutch Brazil was not exclusively the domain of the Dutch. The Portuguese also widely approved of tolerance at grassroots level, accepting an individual's preference to follow his own path to salvation. This title is available in the OAPEN Library - http://www.oapen.org.
  • ISBN10 9048501555
  • ISBN13 9789048501557
  • Publish Date 4 June 2007 (first published 1 January 2007)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country NL
  • Imprint Amsterdam University Press