LEADER 04190nam 22009494a 450 001 9910143536103321 005 20241210111035.0 010 $a9786611376765 010 $a9786155211232 010 $a615521123X 010 $a9789633862261 010 $a9633862264 010 $a9786155053795 010 $a6155053790 010 $a9782821815254 010 $a2821815255 010 $a9781281376763 010 $a1281376760 010 $a9780585492414 010 $a0585492417 024 7 $a10.1515/9786155211232 035 $a(CKB)111087028333698 035 $a(OCoLC)54481623 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10173742 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000194048 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11178674 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000194048 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10226662 035 $a(PQKB)10209076 035 $a(WaSeSS)IndRDA00056018 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3137230 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10173742 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL137676 035 $a(OCoLC)922997840 035 $a(OCoLC)847306124 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_78054 035 $a(DE-B1597)633489 035 $a(DE-B1597)9786155211232 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3137230 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/51975 035 $a(PPN)182831779 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087028333698 100 $a20030425d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe long journey of Gracia Mendes /$fby Marianna D. Birnbaum 210 $aBudapest ;$aNew York $cCentral European University Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (169 p.) 225 0 $aHors collection 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9789639241787 311 08$a9639241784 311 08$a9789639241671 311 08$a9639241679 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [128]-140) and indexes. 327 $aIntroducing 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. 330 8 $aAnnotation.$b"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. 606 $aCrypto-Jews$zPortugal$vBiography 606 $aJews$zPortugal$vBiography 606 $aSephardim$zPortugal$vBiography 606 $aJewish women$zPortugal$vBiography 606 $aJews$zEurope$xSocial conditions$y16th century 606 $aJews$zEurope$xEconomic conditions$y16th century 607 $aEurope$xEthnic relations 615 0$aCrypto-Jews 615 0$aJews 615 0$aSephardim 615 0$aJewish women 615 0$aJews$xSocial conditions 615 0$aJews$xEconomic conditions 676 $a946.9/004924/0092 700 $aBirnbaum$b Marianna D$0697590 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910143536103321 996 $aThe long journey of Gracia Mendes$94189851 997 $aUNINA