Hebrews of the Portuguese Nation

Conversos and Community in Early Modern Amsterdam

von Miriam Bodian

238 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

"An engaging introduction to the tortuous plight faced by exiled conversos in Amsterdam and their methods of response. Choicet; In this skillful and well-argued book Miriam Bodian explores the communal history of the Portuguese Jews . . . who settled in Amsterdam in the seventeenth century." -Sixteenth Century Journa Drawing on family and communal records, diaries, memoirs, and literary works, among other sources, Miriam Bodian tells the moving story of how Portuguese "new Christian" immigrants in 17th-century Amsterdam fashioned a close and cohesive community that recreated a Jewish religious identity while retaining its Iberian heritage.

• Reihe: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• ISBN: 9780253213518
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.1999
• Größe: 235 x 155 mm
• Verlag: Indiana University Press