History of a Tragedy
Subtitle: THE EXPULSION OF THE JEWS FROM SPAIN (Hispanisms)
Contributors: Helen Nader (Introduction); Lysa Hochroth (Translator)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: March 19, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780252031410
Subjects: European history: c 500 to c 1500; Jewish studies; Social history; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Religion; Religion - Judaism; Europe - Spain & Portugal; Judaism - History; Religion / Judaism / History; Civilization, Medieval; History; Jewish influences; Jews; Spain
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"--Publisher description.