03996nam 22008654a 450 991014353610332120200520144314.0615-5211-23-X9786155053795963-386-226-4615-5053-79-02-8218-1525-51-281-37676-097866113767650-585-49241-710.1515/9786155211232(CKB)111087028333698(OCoLC)54481623(CaPaEBR)ebrary10173742(SSID)ssj0000194048(PQKBManifestationID)11178674(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000194048(PQKBWorkID)10226662(PQKB)10209076(WaSeSS)IndRDA00056018(Au-PeEL)EBL3137230(CaPaEBR)ebr10173742(CaONFJC)MIL137676(OCoLC)922997840(OCoLC)847306124(MdBmJHUP)musev2_78054(DE-B1597)633489(DE-B1597)9786155211232(MiAaPQ)EBC3137230(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/51975(PPN)182831779(EXLCZ)9911108702833369820030425d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe long journey of Gracia Mendes /by Marianna D. BirnbaumBudapest ;New York Central European University Press20031 online resource (169 p.)Hors collectionBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph963-9241-78-4 963-9241-67-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [128]-140) and indexes.Introducing the family -- A short history of the conversos -- Life in sixteenth-century Antwerp -- Gracia in Venice -- Gracia and Jewish patronage in sixteenth-century Ferrara -- In business with Ragusa -- The Ottoman Empire and the Jews.Annotation."Gracia Mendes was a sixteenth-century entrepreneur and one of the wealthiest women in Europe, who, while a practicing Christian, remained for much of her life a secret Jew." "The biography examines her rise to power in the face of immense obstacles - political, religious, economic, and social." "Gracia was born in 1510 in Portugal. At the age of eighteen, she married Francisco Mendes, a successful Jewish spice trader. After her husband's death in 1536 and in response to the religious persecutions of the day, she moved her family from Portugal. Her travels led her through Antwerp, Venice, Ferrara, Ragusa and finally to Constantinople, from where the Ottoman Empire dominated the territories of former Byzantium and offered shelter for the battered Conversos (converted Jews)." "After her arrival in 1553, she became the most prominent businesswoman of the community and a patron of Jewish causes. Her life exemplifies the perseverance of the Jewish culture to survive and triumph even in extremely adverse conditions."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved.MarranosPortugalBiographyJewsPortugalBiographySephardimPortugalBiographyJewish womenPortugalBiographyJewsEuropeSocial conditions16th centuryJewsEuropeEconomic conditions16th centuryEuropeEthnic relationsMarranosJewsSephardimJewish womenJewsSocial conditionsJewsEconomic conditions946.9/004924/0092Birnbaum Marianna D697590MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910143536103321The long journey of Gracia Mendes4189851UNINA