The Marranos of Spain: From the Late 14th to the Early 16th Century, According to Contemporary Hebrew SourcesCornell University Press, 1999 - 302 páginas B. Netanyahu, one of the world's foremost medievalists, has made a lifelong project of studying the historical evolution of Marranism and seeking to ascertain the genesis of the Spanish Inquisition. In this seminal work, which opened an ongoing debate on the nature of conversion and belief in late medieval Spain, Netanyahu analyzes evidence on the Marranos contained in the Hebrew sources. For this new edition, the author has updated the book and added an Afterword in which he considers some of the scholarly reactions to the work since the publication of the first edition in 1966. "This book's revolutionary thesis dispels the romanticized heroic image of the Marrano found in Jewish literary and historical annals," says Isaac Barzilay, Professor Emeritus at Columbia University. "Netanyahu's conception of the Marranos is of a people whose majority hardly resisted assimilation to Spanish culture and Christianity. Consequently, he unhesitatingly rejects the Inquisition's claim that it was established for the sole purpose of preserving the integrity of Christianity against the undermining effects of Marranism." |
Índice
The Problem | 1 |
The Philosophic and Polemic Literature | 77 |
The Homiletic and Exegetic Literature | 135 |
Conclusions | 204 |
The Saloniki Rabbinical Decisions on the Marranos | 211 |
The Dates of Composition of Efodis Polemical Works | 221 |
The Book of Complaints | 227 |
The Number of the Marranos in Spain | 238 |
The Marranos Countries of Refuge | 251 |
Addendum | 271 |
295 | |
Otras ediciones - Ver todo
The Marranos of Spain: From the Late 14th to the Early 16th Century ... Benzion Netanyahu Vista de fragmentos - 1999 |
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Referencias a este libro
Daily Life During the Spanish Inquisition James M. Anderson No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2002 |
Dying in the Law of Moses: Crypto-Jewish Martyrdom in the Iberian World Miriam Bodian Vista de fragmentos - 2007 |