Dying in the law of Moses
Subtitle: crypto-Jewish martyrdom in the Iberian world
By: Miriam Bodian.
Series: The modern Jewish experience
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780253348616
Subjects: Marranos -- Latin America -- Biography; Marranos -- Spain -- Biography; Marranos -- Portugal -- Biography; Jews -- Persecutions -- Latin America -- History -- 16th century; Jews -- Persecutions -- Latin America -- History -- 17th century; Jews -- Persecutions -- Spain -- History -- 16th century; Jews -- Persecutions -- Spain -- History -- 17th century; Jews -- Persecutions -- Portugal -- History -- 16th century; Jews -- Persecutions -- Portugal -- History -- 17th century
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The historical setting; title: The dogmatista crypto-Jewish martyrs; title: A conquistador's nephew in New Spain; title: A monk of Castanheira; title: A converso surgeon in the Viceroyalty of Peru; title: A Hebrew scholar at the University of Salamanca; title: Echoes in the Portuguese-Jewish diaspora.