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Contents 6 Acknowledgments 10 Illustrations 12 Abbreviations 13 Introduction 18 1 The ‘Secret Jews’ and Proto-Racialism of Early Modern Spain and Portugal 18 2 Conspiracy Theories and Conspiracism 24 Chapter 1 34 Conspiracism and Society in Early Modern Europe 34 1 Defining the Conspiracy Theory 36 2 Delusional Paranoia, Collective Emotions and the Emotional Dimension of the Conspiracy Theory 41 3 Explaining the Popularity of Conspiracy Theories 49 4 Moral Panics: the Social and Political Function of the Conspiracy Theory 53 5 ‘Modernity’ and the Origins of Conspiracism 57 6 Conspiracism in Early Modern Europe: the Demonic Superconspiracy 60 7 Conclusion: the Conspiracy Theory in the Age of ‘Confessionalization’ 65 Chapter 2 71 Forged Documents and the Fear of Jewish Infiltration: the Jewish World Plot and the Early Modern Iberian World 71 1 The Early Notions of a Worldwide Jewish Conspiracy in Medieval Europe 73 2 The Forged Letter of the Jews of Toledo to Those of Jerusalem: a Fatal Precedent? 76 3 Warrant for Hatred: the Forged Letters from Toledo and Constantinople 81 4 The Obscure Origins of the Forged Letters 86 5 The Reception of the Forged Letters 96 6 Francisco de Queve

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Soyer, Francois;

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