Go-betweens, revisited: a historiographical proposal through the trial of an indefinable man (sixteenth century). Issue 1 (2nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pomara Saverino, Bruno
• Is Part Of: Journal of Iberian and Latin American studies. Volume 24:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 27
• Page End: 36
• Publication Date: 2018-01-02
• Subjects: Go-betweens -- identities -- travellers -- tricksters -- spies -- mobility -- Alpujarras -- Moriscos; Spanish literature -- History and criticism -- Periodicals; Portuguese literature -- History and criticism -- Periodicals; Latin American literature -- History and criticism -- Periodicals; Civilization, Hispanic -- Periodicals; Portugal -- Civilization -- Periodicals; Spain -- Periodicals; Portugal -- Periodicals; Latin America -- Periodicals; 306.0946
• DOI: 10.1080/14701847.2018.1438068
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1470-1847

Abstract

Abstract: This article studies the trial of Francisco Mariano, suspected of participation in a conspiracy linking Algeria, Istanbul and the Moriscos in Spain at the beginning of the Alpujarras revolt (1568–1571) and just before the battle of Lepanto. In doing so, it engages with how historians have used the notion of the "go-between, " and proposes a broader definition of the term. Extending the term to a wider range of social actors reveals the fluid mobility of the Early Modern Mediterranean spaces, in contrast to an interpretation of a world constrained by cultural and international borders.