A Jewish renaissance in fifteenth-century Spain

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Label

A Jewish renaissance in fifteenth-century Spain

Statement of responsibility

Mark D. Meyerson

Creator

• Meyerson, Mark D

Subject

• Jews -- Spain | Valencia (Region) -- Civilization
• Spain -- Civilization -- 711-1516
• Jews -- Spain -- Civilization
• Spain -- Ethnic relations
• Valencia (Spain : Region) -- Ethnic relations
• Spain -- Civilization | Jewish influences

Language

eng

Summary

"This book revises the conventional view that the Jewish experience in medieval Spain - over the century before the expulsion of 1492 - was one of despair, persecution, and decline. Focusing on the town of Morvedre in the kingdom of Valencia, Mark Meyerson shows how and why Morvedre's Jewish community revived and flourished in the wake of the horrible violence of 1391. Drawing on a wide array of archival documentation, including Spanish Inquisition records, he argues that Morvedre saw a Jewish "renaissance."" "Representing a major contribution to debates over the Inquisition's origins and the expulsion of the Jews, the book also offers the first extended analysis of Jewish-converso relations at the local level, showing that Morvedre's Jews expressed their piety by assisting Valencia's conversos. Comparing Valencia with other regions of Spain and with the city-states of Renaissance Italy, it makes clear why this kingdom and the town of Morvedre were so ripe for a Jewish revival in the fifteenth century."--BOOK JACKET

Cataloging source

DLC

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Series statement

Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the ancient to the modern world