Forged Letters: Counterfeit Manumission Certificates and Subaltern Writing Practices as Used by Enslaved Individuals in Early Modern Iberia

The focus of the essay is the fabrication, circulation and use of ‘forged documents’ by subaltern groups, and in particular, counterfeit manumission certificates created for and by enslaved individuals in Iberia during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The analysis of ‘forged documents’ provi...

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Main Author: Fernando Bouza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2024-07-01
Series:Journal of Early Modern Studies
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Online Access:https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-jems/article/view/15261
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