Despite the increased attention given to Hispano-Jewish topics, and the "conversos" or Crypto-Jews in particular, this is the first thorough compilation of their customs and practices. Gitlitz has culled from Inquisition documents and other sources to paint a portrait of the richness and diversity of Crypto-Jewish practices in Spain, Portugal, and the New World.
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Despite the increased attention given to Hispano-Jewish topics, and the "conversos" or Crypto-Jews in particular, this is the first thorough compilation of their customs and practices. Gitlitz has culled from Inquisition documents and other sources to paint a portrait of the richness and diversity of Crypto-Jewish practices in Spain, Portugal, and the New World.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0827605625. "Documents the religious customs of the Iberian Jews who converted to Catholicism, largely under duress, in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Details crypto-Jewish culture in Spain, Portugal, and their American colonies, principally Mexico, Peru and Brazil. Uses Inquisition records, chronicles, rabbinical rulings, letters, eyewitness accounts, religious books, and other historical documents to give the most thorough and accurate picture of crypto-Jews ever cataloged."-dust jacket. xvi, 677 pages. Footnotes. List of Works Cited. Index. Clean, tight and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality example of this most informative study.; 4to.
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