ISBN:
0195095804
,
9780195095807
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (vi, 256 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Wolfthal, Diane [Rezension von: Melammed, Renee Levine, Heretics or Daughters of Israel? The Crypto-Jewish Women of Castile] 2000
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Chajes, J. H. [Rezension von: Melammed, Renée Levine, Heretics or Daughters of Israel? The Crypto-Jewish Women of Castile] 2000
Parallel Title:
Print version Heretics or Daughters of Israel? : The Crypto-Jewish Women of Castile
DDC:
296.08209463
Keywords:
Marranos History
;
Inquisition History
;
Jews History
;
Jewish Christians History
;
Jewish women Religious life
;
Castile (Spain) Ethnic relations
Abstract:
Between 1391 and the end of the 15th century, many Spanish Jews were forced to convert to Christianity, though many maintained clandestine ties to Judaism. This study demonstrates the role played by the crypto-Jewish women of Castile in the perpetuation of crypto-Jewish traditions and culture
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Introduction: The Judaizing Heresy, the Inquisition, and the Conversas; 1 Jews and Conversas: The First Century of Crypto-Judaism; 2 The Lives of Judaizing Women after 1492; 3 Messianic Turmoil circa 1500; 4 Castilian Conversas at Work; 5 The López-Villarreal Family: Three Convicted Judaizers (1516-1521); 6 The López Women's Tachas; 7 The Inquisition and the Midwife; 8 The Judaizers of Alcázar at the End of the Sixteenth Century: ""Corks Floating on Water""; Conclusion Heretics or Daughters of Israel?; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F
Description / Table of Contents:
GH; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y; Z
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-248) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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