The Long Journey of Gracia Mendes /

The Long Journey of Gracia Mendes / / Marianna D. Birnbaum.

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The historical biography of a true Jewish heroine in her day, Gracia Mendes. Born in 1510 in Portugal, the book details this woman's extraordinary personality until her death in 1569 in Constantinople (today's Istanbul). Her life exemplified a perseverance by the Jewish culture to survive...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
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Birnbaum, Marianna D.,
Place / Publishing House:Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2003]
©2003
Year of Publication:2003
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (169 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCING THE FAMILY
  • CHAPTER 2. A SHORT HISTORY OF THE CONVERSOS
  • CHAPTER 3. LIFE IN SIXTEENTH-CENTURYANTWERP
  • CHAPTER 4. GRACIA IN VENICE
  • CHAPTER 5. GRACIAAND JEWISH PATRONAGE IN SIXTEENTHCENTURY FERRARA
  • CHAPTER 6. IN BUSINESS WITH RAGUSA
  • CHAPTER 7. THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND THE JEWS
  • CONCLUSION
  • APPENDIX 1
  • APPENDIX 2
  • SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • PICTURE CREDITS
  • INDEX OF PLACES
  • INDEX OF PERSONS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS

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