From Mass Conversion to Expulsion: Jews and New Christians in the Kingdom of Naples (1492–1541)
Author:   Nadia Zeldes
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367536701


Pages:   178
Publication Date:   23 April 2024
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Nadia Zeldes
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.512kg
ISBN:  

9780367536701


ISBN 10:   0367536706
Pages:   178
Publication Date:   23 April 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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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

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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).

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