{"product_id":"the-expulsion-of-the-jews-from-spain-9781904113287","title":"The Expulsion of the Jews from Spain","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Expulsion of the Jews from Spain\u003c\/i\u003e is a detailed study of the events surrounding this infamous chapter in Spanish history. Based on hundreds of documents discovered, deciphered, and analyzed during decades of intensive archival research, this work focuses on the practical consequences of the expulsion both for those expelled and those remaining behind. It responds to basic questions such as: What became of property owned by Jewish individuals and communities? What became of outstanding debts between Jews and Christians? How was the edict of expulsion implemented? Who was in charge? How did they operate? What happened to those who converted to Christianity in order to remain in Spain or return to that country? The material summarized and analyzed in this study also sheds light on Jewish life in Spain preceding the expulsion. For example, Jews are shown to have been present in remote villages where they were not hitherto known to have lived, and documents detailing lawsuits between Christians related to debts left behind by Jews reveal much about business and financial relations between Jews and Christians. By focusing on the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in such detail - for example, by naming the magistrates who presided over the confiscation of Jewish communal property - Professor Beinart takes history out of the realm of abstraction and gives it concrete reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Magisterial . . . provides insights, descriptions, and interpretations built on an impregnable base of scholarship . . This sine qua non for any study and understanding of the vents leading up to 1492 deserves an honoured place in all serious libraries.’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen D. Benin, Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Haim Beinart justifiably has been hailed as the foremost historian of medieval Sepharad . . . the data uncovered [here] will remain a source for many future generations of historians of the Jews of medieval Iberia. For that alone, we are indebted to this monumental contribution.’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBenjamin R. Gampel, AJS Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘The most comprehensive study of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492. It summarizes and synthesizes the author’s decades-long work in Spanish archives . . . indispensable for the study of Spanish Jewry and is a valuable addition to any university library.’   \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMorris M. Faierstein, Religious Studies Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘An in-depth analysis of one of the most dramatic events in the history of the Jews . . . an extremely useful repository of detailed information that can be found nowhere else in English.’   \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eYvonne Petry, Renaissance Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview for the Hebrew Edition of the book:‘The importance of this new book lies in its methodical and detailed portrayal of the expulsion from Spain in 1492 in all its aspects—political, social, economic, legal, and also human. It presents wide-ranging descriptions of the problems and the dilemmas facing families and individuals in both large and small communities . . . and of how events actually unfolded, day by day and hour by hour. The thoroughness of the presentation, documented in every detail, is the product of decades of methodical and comprehensive historiographic research covering all the areas in which Jews lived in the entire period over which the expulsion took place . . . Beinart's historiographic reconstruction gives the contemporary reader a palpable understanding of what actually happened.’   \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBen-Ami Feingold, Yediot Aharonot\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of tablesList of illustrationsAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1  Introduction: Ferdinand and Isabella, King and Queen of SpainThe Situation of Spanish Jewry \u003cbr\u003eForced Segregation \u003cbr\u003eThe Inquisition \u003cbr\u003eFinancing the Reconquista \u003cbr\u003ePropaganda against Jews and Conversos \u003cbr\u003eThe Fall of Granada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2  The Edict of ExpulsionPromulgation \u003cbr\u003eAnalysis of the Structure \u003cbr\u003eDrafting \u003cbr\u003eThe Views of the Catholics Monarchs \u003cbr\u003eText and Translation of the Edict of Expulsion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3  The Fate of Jewish Communal PropertyLand and Buildings \u003cbr\u003eLoans \u003cbr\u003eSynagogues, Houses of Study, and Ritual Baths \u003cbr\u003eAbattoirs and Baking Ovens \u003cbr\u003eCemeteries\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4  Jewish–Christian Credit and its LiquidationThe Kingdom of Castile: Attempts to Settle Accounts before Departure \u003cbr\u003ePublic Debts to Jews \u003cbr\u003ePrivate Debts of Christians to Jews \u003cbr\u003eCollection of Christians’ Debts to Jews after the Expulsion \u003cbr\u003eDebts of Jews to Christians and the Payment of these Debts  \u003cbr\u003eThe Kingdom of Aragon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5  Implementation of the Edict of ExpulsionThe Road to Implementation \u003cbr\u003eOrganizing the Departure: The Role of the Genoese \u003cbr\u003eImplementation of the edict in the Kingdom of Aragon: Departure by Land; Departure by Sea \u003cbr\u003eImplementation of the Edict in the Kingdom of Castile: Conversion instead of Exile or Prison; Tribulations of Departure; Exploitation on the Border: Ciudad Rodrigo; The Passage from Castile into Portugal; Departure by Sea \u003cbr\u003eImplementation of the Edict in Sardinia and Sicily \u003cbr\u003eNavarre: Asylum and Expulsion \u003cbr\u003eThe Number of Jews Expelled\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6  Smuggling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7  Return and ConversionReturn and Conversion among Jews of Castile \u003cbr\u003eReturn and Conversion among Jews of Aragon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8  The Senior DynastyThe Origins of the Family and its First Steps in Government \u003cbr\u003eThe Case of Juan de Talavera \u003cbr\u003eAbraham Senior’s Public Service before Conversion \u003cbr\u003eAbraham Senior’s Property \u003cbr\u003eAbraham Senior as Tax-Farmer and Tax-Collector \u003cbr\u003eAbraham Senior as Chairman of the Hermandad \u003cbr\u003eExpulsion and Conversion \u003cbr\u003eFernán Núñez Coronel's General Financial Activity \u003cbr\u003eRabbi Meir Melamed and his Sons \u003cbr\u003eSolomon Senior, the Sons of Abraham Senior, and Other Family Members\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10  The House of Abravanel, 1483–1492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11  Contemporaries Describe the Expulsion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Other Activities of Some Royal OfficialsBibliographyIndex of PeopleIndex of PlacesGeneral Index","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50470269256023,"sku":"9781904113287","price":36.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-expulsion-of-the-jews-from-spain-9781904113287","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}