Author: BODIAN, MIRIAM
Title: Hebrews of the Portuguese nation. Conversos and community in early modern Amsterdam. ISBN 9780253332929
Description: Indiana University Press, 1997. XIV, 219 pp. Very good copy. Hardcover, dustj. lacking. Sephardica In the 17th century, descendants of forcibly baptized Jews (conversos) fled the Iberian Inquisitions to settle in Amsterdam, a city renowned for its commercial ties and religious tolerance. Miriam Bodian reconstructs the fascinating story of these Portuguese immigrants -- merchants, professionals, and intellectuals, for the most part -- who reasserted their Judaism while maintaining their Iberian heritage. History of the Jews in the Netherlands ISBN: 9780253332929

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