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The Sephardic Jews of Spain and Portugal : survival of an imperiled culture in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries / Dolores Sloan ; foreword by Jonathan Kirsch.

Title
  1. The Sephardic Jews of Spain and Portugal : survival of an imperiled culture in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries / Dolores Sloan ; foreword by Jonathan Kirsch.
Published by
  1. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2009.
Author
  1. Sloan, Dolores J.

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Additional authors
  1. Kirsch, Jonathan.
Description
  1. xii, 240 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
Summary
  1. "Traces the history of the Sephardic Jews from their golden age to their post-Columbian diaspora. It highlights achievements in science, medicine, philosophy, arts, economy and government, alongside a few less noble accomplishments, in both the land they left behind and in the lands that they settled later. Several significant Sephardic Jews are profiled in detail"--Provided by publisher.
Subject
  1. Geschichte (1500-1600)
  2. Geschichte 1492-1600
  3. 1400-1599
  4. Jews > Spain > History > 15th century
  5. Jews > Spain > History > 16th century
  6. Jews > Portugal > History > 15th century
  7. Jews > Portugal > History > 16th century
  8. Sephardim > History > 15th century
  9. Sephardim > History > 16th century
  10. Spain > Ethnic relations
  11. Portugal > Ethnic relations
Genre/Form
  1. History
Contents
  1. On the eve of expulsion: visiting Sephardic homes in 1492 -- Isaac Abravanel: Basta mi nombre que es Abravanel! : It is enough to know my name is Abravanel! -- Abraham Zacuto: from discovery by the stars to a crater on the moon -- Luís de Santángel: Spain's disraeli and converso bridge to the new world -- Doña Gracia Nasi: "piety of Miriam, strength of Judith" -- "Thou preparest a table before me": Jewish life in cities, towns, countryside -- "In the presence of my enemies": work, usury, clothing and entertainment -- Resilience and recovery: Turkey and Brazil, two diaspora communities -- Endurance, persistence and identity: insights from the Sephardic experience.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-224) and index.
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