The paper analyses the disruption and distortion of the economic activity of the Majorcan minority of Jewish converts in the second half of the 17th century. The causes do not lie in the risk of the practices of the economic actors, but rather in external factors of an institutional nature, specifically repression from the Inquisition. The intervention of the Inquisition provokes bankruptcy, and a paralysation of their commercial dealings and especially of credit.
University of Seville, Spain - ORCID: 0000-0003-0491-7038
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Chapter Title
The Tribunal of the Inquisition in Majorca and the bankruptcy induced in the business of Majorcan Jewish converts (1677-1681)
Authors
Jerònia Pons, Juan Carpio Elías
Language
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0963-2.23
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Publication Year
2026
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Book Title
Gestione del rischio, insolvenza e bancarotta nel mondo premoderno (secc. XIII-XVIII) / Risk management, insolvency, and bankruptcy in the pre-modern world (13th-18th centuries)
Editors
Angela Orlandi
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Number of Pages
568
Publication Year
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0963-2
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0962-5
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0963-2
eISBN (xml)
979-12-215-0964-9
Series Title
Datini Studies in Economic History
Series ISSN
2975-1241
Series E-ISSN
2975-1195