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2020
This is a pedagogical edition of the medieval Castilian texts with English introduction, translation, notes, and bibliography by Ana Gómez Bravo, of a series of excerpts of late fifteenth-century texts related to the cultural practices (perceived and actual) of judeo-conversos, or Jews who have converted to Christianity.
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This is a pedagogical edition of the medieval Castilian texts with English introduction, translation, notes, and bibliography by Ana Gómez Bravo, of a series of excerpts of late fifteenth-century texts related to the cultural practices (perceived and actual) of judeo-conversos, or Jews who have converted to Christianity.
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2020
This is a pedagogical edition of the medieval Castilian texts with modern Spanish introduction, notes, and bibliography by Ana Gómez Bravo, of a series of excerpts of late fifteenth-century texts related to the cultural practices (perceived and actual) of judeo-conversos, or Jews who have converted to Christianity. It includes an introduction providing
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This is a pedagogical edition of the medieval Castilian texts with modern Spanish introduction, notes, and bibliography by Ana Gómez Bravo, of a series of excerpts of late fifteenth-century texts related to the cultural practices (perceived and actual) of judeo-conversos, or Jews who have converted to Christianity. It includes an introduction providing
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The Hispanic-Converso Predicament
Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 1985The hispanic-converso predicament developed over a considerable period of time and was the consequence of intolerance. It affected both Jews and Muslims who converted to Christianity, frequently under extreme pressure. The former are generally known as conversos and the latter as moriscos.
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2018
In this final chapter Ingram focuses on the converos’ place within Spanish historiography, which changes dramatically when, in 1948, Americo Castro publishes Espana en su historia, arguing for a sixteenth-century intellectual environment dominated by New Christians. This leads to an increasingly tense debate, played out against the backdrop of Franco’s
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In this final chapter Ingram focuses on the converos’ place within Spanish historiography, which changes dramatically when, in 1948, Americo Castro publishes Espana en su historia, arguing for a sixteenth-century intellectual environment dominated by New Christians. This leads to an increasingly tense debate, played out against the backdrop of Franco’s
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Patterns in Converso Messianism
2001Some rather astonishing statements about the apostasy of the pseudo-messiah Sabbatai Zevi in 1666 were made by one his chief theologians, Abraham Miguel Cardoso. Cardoso was a former converso, a descendent of Jews who had converted to Catholicism under duress in Spain or Portugal during the fifteenth century.
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MLN, 1987
Quevedo's Buscon is generally regarded as being the greatest Spanish picaresque novel, but critics are deeply divided about what makes it great. Oversimplifying somewhat, we have on the one hand those (including practically all British Hispanists) who see the work as a coherent psychological study embodying profound moral meaning; on the other, those ...
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Quevedo's Buscon is generally regarded as being the greatest Spanish picaresque novel, but critics are deeply divided about what makes it great. Oversimplifying somewhat, we have on the one hand those (including practically all British Hispanists) who see the work as a coherent psychological study embodying profound moral meaning; on the other, those ...
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The Liturgy of Portuguese Conversos
2012At the beginning of the twentieth century, in the wake of the discovery of crypto-Jewish communities in Portugal, many of the first scholars who devoted themselves to the collection of Marrano prayers and to their interpretation questioned the origin of the New Christian liturgical corpus.
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Juan De Torquemada's Defense of the Conversos
The Catholic Historical Review, 1999In January of 1449 the city of Toledo rose up against an attempt by Alvaro de Luna, the favorite of the reigning king of Castile,Juan II, to impose a heavy tax on the city. This levy was intended to help Don Alvaro to defend his position against the hostility of certain noble families, including the king's cousins.
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The Last Will and Testament of a Sicilianconverso
Revue des Études Juives, 2000Le testament de Manfredo La Muta, Sicilien converti mort sur le bucher en 1512, fournit une information importante sur l'etat economique et financier d'une classe bourgeoise de Juifs convertis. Ce testament nous revele entre autres les liens familiaux de l'auteur du testament avec des Juifs exiles au royaume napolitain.
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