Conversos Inquisition and the Expulsion of the Jews from Spain - Hardcover

Norman Roth (author)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0299142302 ISBN 13: 9780299142308

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, 1995

Synopsis

In this work, Norman Roth traces the chain of events that led to mass conversions of Spanish Jews to Christianity in the 14th and 15th centuries, the rise of animosity against them, the establishment of the Inquisition, and, finally, the 1492 Expulsion of the Jews from Spain.

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About the Author

Norman Roth is emeritus professor of Hebrew and Semitic studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.  He is the author of Maimonides: Essays and Texts and Jews, Visigoths, and Muslims in Medieval Spain.
 

From the Back Cover

The Jewish community in Spain was the largest and most important in the West for almost a thousand years, participating fully in cultural and political affairs with Christian and Muslim neighbors. Norman Roth traces the chain of events that led to mass conversions of Spanish Jews to Christianity in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the rise of animosity against them, the establishment of the Inquisition, and finally, the 1492 Expulsion of the Jews from Spain. Citing evidence from his extensive research of medieval documents, he firmly refutes the traditionally accepted story of "crypto-Judaism", which contends that the conversos were forced publicly to abandon their faith, while continuing secretly to maintain their Jewish traditions. Roth argues persuasively that the conversos were, in fact, sincere Christians.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0299142302
• ISBN 13: 9780299142308
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 446