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Marcocci, Giuseppe. "Blackness and Heathenism: Color, Theology, and Race in the Portuguese World, c. 1450-1600." Anuario Colombiano de Historia Social y de la Cultura 43, no. 2 (2016): 33–57.
Theorizes the Spanish and Portuguese empires through a religious and biological frame during the 15th – 17th century. It explores the intersections of skin color and the development of an anti-Jewish theory based on blood purity. This article focuses on racialization, religion, and enslavement.
