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The tribunal of Zaragoza and Crypto-Judaism, 1484-1515 / by Anna Ysabel d'Abrera.
Van Pelt Library DS135.S75 Z372 2008
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Library at the Katz Center - Stacks DS135.S75 Z372 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abrera, Anna Ysabel d'.
- Series:
- Europa sacra ; v. 3.
- Europa sacra ; v. 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crypto-Jews--Iberian Peninsula--Spain--Zaragoza.
- Crypto-Jews.
- Inquisition--Spain--Zaragoza.
- Inquisition.
- Jews--Persecutions--Spain--Zaragoza.
- Jews.
- Jews--Persecutions.
- Zaragoza (Spain)--Religion.
- Zaragoza (Spain).
- Zaragoza (Spain)--Ethnic relations.
- Spain--Zaragoza.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 240 pages : map ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2008]
- Summary:
- Since the opening of the Inquisition's archives in Spain in the nineteenth century, historians and anthropologists alike have seized upon the institution and its remarkable archival legacy, and have scrutinized it from a multitude of political, socio-economic, and cultural angles. Perhaps one of the most contentious hypotheses to have recently emerged from the field has been Benzion Netanyahu's proposal that the inquisitors fabricated charges of Judaizing against the Spanish New Christians (Christians of Jewish descent). This book questions Netanyahu's hypothesis by turning to the extant trial records from Aragon's tribunal of Zaragoza, and employing them as a case study. This range of documents provides ample evidence of a true survival of Jewish ritual life and culture among the Aragonese conversos who were living and working in Zaragoza at the end of the fifteenth century. When the Inquisition was established in Zaragoza in 1484, members of the converso communities across Aragon, although denominationally Christian, were secretly observing the rituals of Judaism. Whether a continuing observance of the Sabbath, Yom Kippur, or Passover, enduring Jewish dietary practices or a deeply rooted prayer life, the picture of converso daily life which emerges from the trial records is essentially a Jewish one.
- Contents:
- Map: The Districts of the Tribunal of Zaragoza ix
- Chapter 1 The Inquisition's Archives in Spain 9
- Chapter 2 The Inquisition and the Threat of Heresy 31
- The New Inquisition in Aragon 37
- The Tribunal of Zaragoza 40
- The Tribunal's New Christians 45
- Chapter 3 The Judicial System 53
- The Post-1482 Process 53
- The Inquisitors' Manuals 55
- The Prosecution 59
- The Defence 71
- Chapter 4 Observing the Sabbath 75
- Chapter 5 Holy Days 91
- Yom Kippur 91
- Passover 105
- Sukkot 114
- The Fast of Queen Esther 116
- Chapter 6 Community Life 119
- Dietary Laws 119
- Eating Together 128
- Births, Deaths, and Marriages 134
- Chapter 7 Prayer Life 141
- Synagogues 141
- Sacred Texts 151
- Psalms and Benedictions 157
- Chapter 8 A Question of Belief 171.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-235) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9782503524726
- 2503524729
- OCLC:
- 212432286
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