Overview
This work, the fruit of intense research work spanning several years, examines the first serious attempt by the descendants of the Sephardim-the Jews expelled from Spain in 1492-to ""return to Sepharad"" more than three decades after the abolition of the Inquisition. At the beginning of the nineteenth century a trend towards historical revisionism, backed by Liberals, whose influence was pivotal at the Cortes de Cdiz (the national assembly convened to assert Spanish sovereignty, introduce reform, and establish a modern Spanish nation), combined with economic factors, culminated in the abolition of the Inquisition in 1834. This paved the way, ideologically, for the freedom of worship to be proclaimed in Spain on the heels of La Septembrina, or La Gloriosa, the September Revolution of 1868 in which Queen Isabel II was deposed. European Sephardic Jews, galvanized by their perception of a tolerant Spain, decided to undertake a major project to initiate negotiations with the Spanish state.
Full Product Details
Author: Mnica Manrique ,
Justin Peterson
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Imprint: Academic Studies Press
Weight: 0.333kg
ISBN: 9781644694374
ISBN 10: 1644694379
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 10 September 2020
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
In doing so she has produced a detailed analysis of the attitudes and roles of the Jewish press and the Jewish community. Highly accessible, it would be an important addition for any Judaica library. - AJL Reviews
"""In doing so she has produced a detailed analysis of the attitudes and roles of the Jewish press and the Jewish community. Highly accessible, it would be an important addition for any Judaica library."" - AJL Reviews"
Manrique's work is the product of several years of intensive archival research. She has illuminated a nearly forgotten incident in Jewish-Spanish history which has become a contemporary concern. In doing so she has produced a detailed analysis of the attitudes and roles of the Jewish press and the Jewish community. Highly accessible, it would be an important addition for any Judaica library. --Randall C. and Anne-Marie Belinfante, AJL Reviews
Author Information
Mnica Manrique Escudero was born in Budapest, Hungary into a family of Spanish diplomats and has lived all over the world since childhood. A multi-faceted polyglot, she graduated with a degree in History from the Universit de Pau (France) and holds a PhD in History from the Universidad de Alcal de Henares (Spain). She has published numerous articles related to the history of the Jews in Spain.
