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The Expulsion of the Jews from Spain »

Authors: Haim Beinart, Jeffrey M. Green
ISBN-13: 9781874774419, ISBN-10: 1874774412
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, The
Date Published: January 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Haim Beinart

Book Synopsis

	List of Tables	xvi
	List of Illustrations	xvi
	Abbreviations	xvii
1.	Introduction: Ferdinand and Isabella, King and Queen	1
I.	The Situation of Spanish Jewry	1
II.	Forced Segregation	4
III.	The Inquisition	18
IV.	Financing the Reconquista	22
V.	Propaganda against Jews and Conversos	26
VI.	The Fall of Granada	29
2.	The Edict of Expulsion	33
I.	Promulgation	33
II.	Analysis of the Structure	38
III.	Drafting	41
IV.	The Views of the Catholic Monarchs	43
V.	Text and Translation of the Edict of Expulsion	49
3.	The Fate of Jewish Communal Property	55
I.	Land and Buildings	55
II.	Loans	60
III.	Synagogues, Houses of Study, and Ritual Baths	69
	The Kingdom of Castile	70
	The Kingdom of Aragon	97
IV.	Abattoirs and Baking Ovens	104
	The Kingdom of Castile	105
	The Kingdom of Aragon	108
V.	Cemeteries	110
	The Kingdom of Castile	111
	The Kingdom of Aragon	116
4.	Jewish-Christian Credit and its Liquidation	118
I.	The Kingdom of Castile	118
	Attempts to Settle Accounts before Departure	125
	Public Debts to Jews	139
	Private Debts of Christians to Jews	142
	Collection of Christians' Debts to Jews after the Expulsion	161
	Debts of Jews to Christians and the Payment of these Debts	182
II.	The Kingdom of Aragon	201
5.	The Implementation of the Edict	207
I.	The Road to Implementation	207
II.	Organizing the Departure: The Role of the Genoese	218
III.	Implementation of the Edict in the Kingdom of Aragon	223
	Departure by Land	229
	Departure by Sea	238
IV.	Implementation of the Edict in the Kingdom of Castile	244
	Conversion instead of Exile or Prison	244
	Tribulations of Departure	253
	Exploitation on the Border: Ciudad Rodrigo	261
	The Passage from Castile into Portugal	272
	Departure by Sea	274
V.	Implementation of the Edict in Sardinia and Sicily	279
VI.	Navarre: Asylum and Expulsion	281
VII.	The Number of Jews Expelled	284
6.	Smuggling	291
7.	Return and Conversion	329
I.	Return and Conversion among the Jews of Castile	338
II.	Return and Conversion among the Jews of Aragon	402
8.	The Senior Dynasty	413
I.	The Origins of the Family and its First Steps in Government	413
II.	The Case of Juan de Talavera	424
III.	Abraham Senior's Public Service before Conversion	428
IV.	Abraham Senior's Property	434
V.	Abraham Senior as Tax-Farmer and Tax-Collector	443
VI.	Abraham Senior as Treasurer of the Hermandad	456
VII.	Expulsion and Conversion	460
VIII.	Fernan Nunez Coronel's General Financial Activity	469
IX.	Rabbi Meir Melamed and his Sons	475
X.	Solomon Senior, the Sons of Abraham Senior, and Other Family Members	490
9.	The House of Abravanel, 1483-1492	501
10.	Contemporaries Describe the Expulsion	520
Appendix	Other Activities of Some Royal Officials	527
	Bibliography	539
	Index of People	553
	Index of Places	580
	General Index	587