Nadia Zeldes

From Mass Conversion to Expulsion

Jews and New Christians in the Kingdom of Naples (1492-1541)

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Produktbeschreibung

The book explores the events that mark the last decades of Jewish presence in the kingdom of Naples from 1492 to 1541.

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Produktdetails

• Studies in Medieval Religions and Cultures
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9780367536701
• ISBN-10: 0367536706
• Artikelnr.: 70117714

Autorenporträt

Nadia Zeldes has a Ph.D. in Jewish History from the Tel Aviv University (1998). She is currently a research fellow affiliated with The Center for the Study of Conversion and Inter¿Religious Encounters at Ben Gurion University, Israel. Her main research interests concern inter¿religious and inter¿cultural encounters in the Mediterranean world during the late Middle Ages and the Early Modern period. She has published extensively on Christian¿Jewish relations in that period with a focus on the history of conversions in southern Italy and Spain. Nadia Zeldes is the author of "The Former Jews of This Kingdom" - Sicilian Converts after the Expulsion (1492-1516) (2003) and Reading Jewish History in the Renaissance: Christians, Jews, and the Hebrew Sefer Josippon (2020).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1 The Coming of the Exiles of 1492 and their Reception
2 The Political Calamities of 1494-1495 and the Fall of the Aragonese
Dynasty of Naples
3 Breakdown of Authority, Riots, Plunder and Forced Conversions
4 The New Christians and their Reception by the Surrounding Society
5 The Failure to Establish a Spanish Style Inquisition
6 The Expulsions of 1510-1511
7 An Expulsion of "Bad Christians"
8 The Last Jews and Conversos in the Kingdom of Naples
Conclusion