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[email protected] THE VENETIAN INQUISITION AND ASPECTS OF "OTHERNESS": JUDAIZERS, MUSLIM AND CHRISTIAN CONVERTS (16TH- 17THCENTURY) Georgios Plakotos Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy University of Glasgow Department of History September 2004 © Georgios Plakotos 2004 Abstract The Thesis explores the Venetian Inquisition's handling of cases involving crypto- Jewish, crypto-Muslim practices, and some cases where people had lapsed into Islamic ways, especially when in remoter parts of the Venetian empire or within the Ottoman empire and who sought reconciliation with the Catholic Church. Despite their differences, the offences involved the practice of dissimulation and connected with Venice's position as a transit city, since for most offenders Venice was one among their various destinations in their peregrinations in the Mediterranean. The Thesis draws on the printed transcripts of cases involving Judaism, but also unpublished archival material in both the State archive, and the Patriarchal archive.