Hebrews of the Portuguese Nation
Subtitle: Conversos and Community in Early Modern Amsterdam (The Modern Jewish Experience)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: July 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780253213518
Subjects: History of specific racial & ethnic groups; Jewish studies; History; History - General History; History: World; Netherlands; Portugal; Jewish - General; Western Europe - Benelux; Europe - General; General
First sentence: The Portuguese conversos who made their way to Amsterdam in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries would not have been conspicuous upon arrival, despite their ignorance of Dutch and their Iberian dress.