Truth in many tongues : religious conversion and the languages of the early Spanish Empire / Daniel I. Wasserman-Soler.

By:

Wasserman-Soler, Daniel I. (Daniel Isaac), 1984- [author.]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780271086682
0271086688
9780271086668
0271086661

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

409.171/246 23

LOC classification:

P381.S6

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Contents:

The Spanish language and the Inquisition, ca. 1550-1600 -- Arabic and Spanish in Granada, ca. 1492-1570 -- Arabic and Romance in Valencia, ca. 1540-1600 -- Native tongues and Spanish in New Spain -- Creating a multilingual New Spain, ca. 1550-1600.

Summary: "Examines how the Spanish monarchy managed an empire of unprecedented linguistic diversity, making only sporadic efforts to propagate Spanish during the sixteenth century. Challenges the assumption that the pervasiveness of the Spanish language resulted from deliberate linguistic colonization"-- Provided by publisher.

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"Examines how the Spanish monarchy managed an empire of unprecedented linguistic diversity, making only sporadic efforts to propagate Spanish during the sixteenth century. Challenges the assumption that the pervasiveness of the Spanish language resulted from deliberate linguistic colonization"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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