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The Sephardic Jews of Spain and Portugal: Survival of an Imperiled Culture in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
Dolores Sloan
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Paperback. Traces the history of the Sephardic Jews from their golden age to their post - Columbian diaspora. This book profiles several significant Sephardic Jews. It explores the increasing restrictions on Jews prior to expulsion, the divergent fates of two diaspora communities (in Brazil and the Ottoman Empire), and the legacy of Sephardic history. Num Pages: 240 pages, photos, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSP; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
Prior to the late fifteenth century, Jews had flourished on the Iberian Peninsula for hundreds of years. Marked by harmonic and cooperative coexistence alongside Christians and Muslims, this remarkable period was a golden age for Iberian Jews, with significant and culturally diverse advances in sciences, arts and government. That era came to a tragic and often violent end in 1492 when the Spanish monarchs issued a decree that forced all Sephardic Jews to convert or be expelled; Portugal followed suit five years later.This work traces the history of the Sephardic Jews from their golden age to their post - Columbian ... Read more
Prior to the late fifteenth century, Jews had flourished on the Iberian Peninsula for hundreds of years. Marked by harmonic and cooperative coexistence alongside Christians and Muslims, this remarkable period was a golden age for Iberian Jews, with significant and culturally diverse advances in sciences, arts and government. That era came to a tragic and often violent end in 1492 when the Spanish monarchs issued a decree that forced all Sephardic Jews to convert or be expelled; Portugal followed suit five years later.This work traces the history of the Sephardic Jews from their golden age to their post - Columbian ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc
Condition
New
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
Jefferson, NC, United States
ISBN
9780786438174
SKU
V9780786438174
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About Dolores Sloan
Dolores Sloan is an educator and speaker. She lives in Santa Monica, California.
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