In 'Mulatto · Outlaw · Pilgrim · Priest', John K. Moore, Jr. presents the first in-depth study, critical edition, and scholarly translation of 'His Majesty’s Representative v. José Soller, Mulatto Pilgrim, for Impersonating a Priest and Other Crimes'. This legal case dates to the waning days of the Hapsburg Spanish empire and illuminates the discrimination those of black-African ancestry could face — that Soller did face while attempting to pass freely on his pilgrimage from Lisbon to Santiago de Compostela and beyond. This bilingual edition and study of the criminal trial against Soller is important for reconstructing his journey and for revealing at least in part the de facto and de jure treatment of mulattos in the early-modern Iberian Atlantic World.
Author(s): John K. Moore, Jr.
Series: The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World, 75
Publisher: Brill
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 380
City: Leiden
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xii
List of Figures xvii
Chronology of José Soller xix
Part 1. In Search of Soller
1. The Vineyards 3
2. The Legal Case against José Soller 12
3. Origins 31
4. The Nature of the Journey 64
5. Reconstructing Locales along the Way 103
6. On Trial, under Sentence, and in Absentia 163
7. Into Thin Air 203
Part 2. 'His Majesty’s Representative versus José Soller, Mulatto Pilgrim, for Impersonating a Priest and Other Crimes': Edition and Translation
Note on the Translation 213
Editorial Norms 216
Edition and Translation 228
Part 3. Scholarly Supplement
Proper Names in the Dossier 313
Linguistic Variants 319
Scribal Errors 321
Case Notes 323
Bibliography 331
Index 348
