| History of a Tragedy: The Expulsion of the Jews from Spain Contributor(s): Perez, Joseph (Author), Hochroth, Lysa (Translator), Nader, Helen (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0252031415 ISBN-13: 9780252031410 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $39.60 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2007 Annotation: Few events in the history of Spain have provoked as much controversy as the expulsion of the Jews in 1492. Conflicts within the Catholic Church, suspicions within the newly unified Spain, and the claims of Spanish merchants combined to make the Spain of Ferdinand and Isabella intolerant and inquisitorial. Yet the roots of Spanish anti-Semitism went deeper. In this concise survey of the expulsion of the Sephardic Jews, Joseph Perez studies the evolution of the Jewish community in Spain from the time of the Visigoths to the reign of the Catholic kings. He explores the Jewish community's role in creating and sustaining the vibrant cultural, political, and economic world of medieval Spain, and how growing religious intolerance, a pervasive resentment of the "others," and a string of escalating encroachments culminated in expulsion. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - History - History | Europe - Spain & Portugal |
| Dewey: 946.004 |
| LCCN: 2006036185 |
| Series: Hispanisms (University of Illinois) |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.35" W x 9.29" (0.89 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Few events in the history of Spain have provoked as much controversy as the expulsion of the Jews in 1492. Conflicts within the Catholic Church, suspicions within the newly unified Spain, and the claims of Spanish merchants combined to make the Spain of Ferdinand and Isabella intolerant and inquisitorial. Yet the roots of Spanish anti-Semitism went deeper. In this concise survey of the expulsion of the Sephardic Jews, Joseph Perez studies the evolution of the Jewish community in Spain from the time of the Visigoths to the reign of the Catholic kings. He explores the Jewish community's role in creating and sustaining the vibrant cultural, political, and economic world of medieval Spain, and how growing religious intolerance, a pervasive resentment of the "others," and a string of escalating encroachments culminated in expulsion. |
