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Loading... Hebrews of the Portuguese Nation: Conversos and Community in Early Modern Amsterdamby Miriam Bodian
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An engaging introduction to the tortuous plight faced by exiled conversos in Amsterdam and their methods of response." --Choice 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 Journal 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. No library descriptions found. |
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