Un extraño de paso
un comerciante converso en el Londres isabelino
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https://doi.org/10.46661/meldar.12949Palabras clave:
converso, Londres, bezoar, comerciante, CorteResumen
Relato de la vida de Dunstan Anes, un converso portugués cuya familia tenía orígenes en Valladolid. Durante más de cincuenta años, a partir de 1541, Dunstan se consolidó como un rico comerciante que actuaba tanto oficial como clandestinamente en nombre de la corona inglesa. Se relacionó con éxito con las instituciones más poderosas del país: la corte, la iglesia y su gremio, los ultramarinos. Dunstan estaba en el centro de un grupo de unos cien conversos que vivían en Londres más de doscientos años después de que los judíos fueran expulsados de Inglaterra, y casi un siglo antes de que fueran readmitidos oficialmente. Aunque se estableció como caballero y propietario, veinte años después de la muerte de Dunstan la comunidad conversa prácticamente había desaparecido de Londres.
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