Expulsion of the Jews from Spain.

Expulsion of the Jews from Spain.

The Expulsion of the Jews from Spain is a detailed study of the events surrounding this infamous chapter in Spanish history. Based on hundreds of documents discovered, deciphered, and analyzed during decades of intensive archival research, this work focuses on the practical consequences of the expul...

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Main Author: Beinart, Haim
Other Authors: Green, Jeffrey M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, The, 2001.
Subjects:
1492
Jews > Spain > History > Expulsion, 1492.
Sephardim > History.
Ethnic relations
Sephardim
Spain > Ethnic relations.
Spain
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: Ferdinand and Isabella, King and Queen; I. The Situation of Spanish Jewry; II. Forced Segregation; III. The Inquisition; IV. Financing the Reconquista; V. Propaganda against Jews and Conversos; VI. The Fall of Granada; 2. The Edict of Expulsion; I. Promulgation; II. Analysis of the Structure; III. Drafting; IV. The Views of the Catholic Monarchs; V. Text and Translation of the Edict of Expulsion; 3. The Fate of Jewish Communal Property; I. Land and Buildings; II. Loans.
  • III. Synagogues, Houses of Study, and Ritual BathsThe Kingdom of Castile; The Kingdom of Aragon; IV. Abattoirs and Baking Ovens; The Kingdom of Castile; The Kingdom of Aragon; V. Cemeteries; The Kingdom of Castile; The Kingdom of Aragon; 4. Jewish-Christian Credit and its Liquidation; I. The Kingdom of Castile; Attempts to Settle Accounts before Departure; Public Debts to Jews; Private Debts of Christians to Jews; Collection of Christians' Debts to Jews after the Expulsion; Debts of Jews to Christians and the Payment of these Debts; II. The Kingdom of Aragon.
  • 5. The Implementation of the EdictI. The Road to Implementation; II. Organizing the Departure: The Role of the Genoese; III. Implementation of the Edict in the Kingdom of Aragon; Departure by Land; Departure by Sea; IV. Implementation of the Edict in the Kingdom of Castile; Conversion instead of Exile or Prison; Tribulations of Departure; Exploitation on the Border: Ciudad Rodrigo; The Passage from Castile into Portugal; Departure by Sea; V. Implementation of the Edict in Sardinia and Sicily; VI. Navarre: Asylum and Expulsion; VII. The Number of Jews Expelled; 6. Smuggling.
  • 7. Return and ConversionI. Return and Conversion among the Jews of Castile; II. Return and Conversion among the Jews of Aragon; 8. The Senior Dynasty; I. The Origins of the Family and its First Steps in Government; II. The Case of Juan de Talavera; III. Abraham Senior's Public Service before Conversion; IV. Abraham Senior's Property; V. Abraham Senior as Tax-Farmer and Tax-Collector; VI. Abraham Senior as Treasurer of the Hermandad; VII. Expulsion and Conversion; VIII. Fernán Núñez Coronel's General Financial Activity; IX. Rabbi Meir Melamed and his Sons.
  • X. Solomon Senior, the Sons of Abraham Senior, and Other Family Members9. The House of Abravanel, 1483-1492; 10. Contemporaries Describe the Expulsion; Appendix: Other Activities of Some Royal Officials; Bibliography; Index of People; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; X; Y; Z; Index of Places; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; Z; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W.

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