Perder la libertad : La esclavitud en el Mediterraneo moderno (siglos XVI-XVII).

Eros Calcara

doi:10.21697/lr.12010

Published: 2025-09-26

Vol. 2 (2023)

Perder la libertad

La esclavitud en el Mediterraneo moderno (siglos XVI-XVII).

Eros Calcara

LIBERTAS RELIGIOSA Studium interdyscyplinarne wolności religijnej

Section: Artykuły

https://doi.org/10.21697/lr.12010

Abstract

Slavery is an issue that has its roots in ancient times. Between the 16th and 17th centuries, the Mediterranean became a theater of war in the conflict between Western Christianity, whose difensor fidei was the Spain of Philip II, and the Ottoman Empire, represented as the infidel and the great enemy. Within this scenario, slavery represents a true market in which men and women lose their identity, their freedom, becoming a true consumer good. Contemporary historiography and those of the last century have analyzed the discourse on slavery in the Mediterranean, staging the stages, evolutions and stories of this phenomenon. This contribution, in line with this international conference, aims to trace the various aspects of slavery in the Mediterranean between the 16th and 17th centuries. The proposed analysis will try to highlight how freedom was lost in the modern age and how it could be survived.

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Mediterranean, XVI-XVII centuries, Slaves, Slavery

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Calcara, E. (2025). Perder la libertad : La esclavitud en el Mediterraneo moderno (siglos XVI-XVII). LIBERTAS RELIGIOSA Studium Interdyscyplinarne wolności Religijnej, 2, 141–159. https://doi.org/10.21697/lr.12010

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