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François Soyer. Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories in the Early Modern Iberian World: Narratives of Fear and Hatred. Leiden: Brill, 2019. xvi + 315 pp.

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François Soyer. Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories in the Early Modern Iberian World: Narratives of Fear and Hatred. Leiden: Brill, 2019. xvi + 315 pp.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 November 2021

Claude B. Stuczynski*
Affiliation:
Bar-Ilan UniversityRamat Gan, Israel
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Book Reviews: Medieval and Early Modern Eras
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Copyright © Association for Jewish Studies 2021

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