ERC Advanced Grant · 2024
New Christian Materiality, 1450-1750
New Christian Materiality, 1450-1750. The New Christian trading elite, descending from Jewish communities forced to convert between 1391 and 1498 in Iberia, was at the forefront of intercontinental trade from the late fifteenth to the early eighteenth centuries. They became experts on material culture, sourced commodities from different continents, and developed markets. This project will answer the question: how did New Christian expertise in material culture influence patterns of consumption where they lived and traded? This question addresses a historiographical gap between material culture, consumption, and social agents involved in intercontinental trade. The hypothesis that undergirds…
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