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Autore |
Gorsky Jeffrey |
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Titolo |
Exiles in Sepharad : the Jewish millennium in Spain / / Jeffrey Gorsky |
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Lincoln, [Nebraska] : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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0-8276-1241-9 |
0-8276-1239-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (740 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Jews - Spain - History - To 1500 |
Spain History 711-1516 |
Spain Ethnic relations History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chronology""; ""Introduction""; ""Part 1. La Convivencia""; ""1. A Marriage of Convenience""; ""2. The Visigoth Persecution of the Jews""; ""3. Muslim Rule""; ""4. Jews of Muslim Spain""; ""5. Judah Halevi and The Kuzari""; ""6. A Golden Age of Poetry""; ""7. The End of the Caliphate""; ""8. Maimonides""; ""9. Christian Rule""; ""10. Jews in Castile and Aragon""; ""11. Book of Splendor and Kabbalah Mysticism""; ""Part 2. The End of Tolerance""; ""12. Toward 1391"" |
""13. Seeds of Destruction""""14. The Conversion of the Jews""; ""15. The Church Campaign against the Jews, Postconversion""; ""Part 3. The Age of the Converts""; ""16. New Christians""; ""17. Converts and Castile""; ""18. Anti- and Pro-Converso Writings""; ""Part 4. The Spanish Inquisition""; ""19. The Catholic Monarchy""; ""20. Origins of the Inquisition""; ""21. The Inquisition""; ""22. Arrest, Trial, and Punishment""; ""23. Inquisition Expansion""; ""Part 5. The Last Iberian Jews""; ""24. Spain and Expulsion""; ""25. The Last Jews of Iberia""; ""Part 6. After Expulsion"" |
""26. Purity of Blood""""27. Jewish Blood, Black Blood""; ""28. Conversos and the Beginnings of the Modern Novel""; ""29. Coming to America""; |
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""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About Jeffrey Gorsky"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The dramatic one-thousand-year history of Jews in Spain comes to life in Exiles in Sepharad. Jeffrey Gorsky vividly relates this colorful period of Jewish history, from the era when Jewish culture was at its height in Muslim Spain to the horrors of the Inquisition and the Expulsion.Twenty percent of Jews today are descended from Sephardic Jews, who created significant works in religion, literature, science, and philosophy. They flourished under both Muslim and Christian rule, enjoying prosperity and power unsurpassed in Europe. Their cultural contributions include important poets; the great Je |
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