Author: ROTH, CECIL
Title: A History of the Marranos
Description: Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1959. Softcover. B & W ; 5 1/5 x 8"; xiv, 424+ pages; Soft cover has blue and yellow spine. Covers have sunning, fading, rubbing, scuffing. Pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. Illustrated with b/w pictures. Laid in are several newspaper clippings. 'The expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492 by the decree of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella was the culmination of a series of anti-Jewish persecutions throughout the 14th and 15th centuries in which thousands of Jews were massacred. Thousands of others converted in order to escape death. After the expulsion many more joined the ranks of these "new Christians" as an alternative to exile. A large number of converts, while outwardly professing Christianity, secretly continued to practice Judaism. These Marranos, as they were popularly known, were then mercilessly persecuted by the dreaded Inquisition which through tortures of forced confessions and auto-da-fes sent thousands to the stake. Many others managed to escape to countries outside the reach of the Inquisition where they created a widespread Marrano diaspora. Thousands of Marranos have survived even into our times. This seminal work by the eminent historian traces the tribulation of these secret Judaizers as well as the fate of those who succeeded in escaping to other lands where many of them rose to prominence in various fields of endeavor. '. Very Good+ .

Keywords: Jewish History; Persecution; Anti Semitism; Spanish History; Spanish Inquisition; Religion; Cultural History; Social History; European History; Cultural History Education European History American History Geography English/British History World History Ju