The project of return to Sepharad in the nineteenth century / Monica Manrique Escudero.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manrique Escudero, Mónica, author.

Contributor:

Peterson, Justin

Series:

The Lands and Ages of the Jewish People

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Guedalla, Haïm, 1815-1904.

Guedalla, Haïm.

Synagogues--Law and legislation--Spain--History--19th century.

Synagogues.

Sephardim--Spain--History--19th century.

Sephardim.

Jews--Legal status, laws, etc--Spain--History--19th century.

Jews.

Spain--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.

Spain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (96 pages)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Academic Studies Press, [2020]

Summary:

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 Cádiz (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.

Contents:

Front matter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Press and the Jews’ Return to Spain

Chapter 2: Guedalla’s Project

Chapter 3: Reticence in the Jewish Community

Conclusion

Annex : Letter from the Libéral Bayonnais of October 17, 1868

Sources

Bibliography

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-64469-484-0

1-64469-438-7

OCLC:

1154092426