The martyr Luis de Carvajal : a secret Jew in sixteenth-century Mexico / Martin Cohen ; introduction by Ilan Stavans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Martin A.

Series:

Jewish Latin America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carvajal, Luis de, 1567?-1596.

Carvajal, Luis de.

Inquisition--Mexico--History--16th century.

Inquisition.

Jews--Mexico--History--16th century.

Jews.

Jews--Mexico--Biography.

History.

Mexico.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 373 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21cm.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque, New Mexico : University of New Mexico Press, [2001]

Summary:

First published in 1973, this book traces the history of Luis de Carvajal the Younger and his family in Spain, their migration to the New World, their religious practices, and their adventures in New Spain until one by one they were put to flight or indicted by the Inquisition. Luis himself was burned at the stake in 1596 at the age of thirty. He left behind not only his legacy as an exemplary secret Jew but also valuable literary documentshis memoirs, his last will and testament, and his letters to his mother and sisters in the inquisitorial prison.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-357) and index.

ISBN:

0826323626

OCLC:

46240328