The Arias Davila Family of Segovia Between the Synagogue and the Church |
|
| Author:
| Gitlitz, David M. |
| Series title: | Iberian Studies in History, Literature and Culture |
| ISBN: | 978-1-57309-038-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1996 |
| Publisher: | International Scholars Publications
|
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $55.45 |
Book Description:
|
In this remarkable, lucid, and thorough investigation, Gitlitz portrays a prominent Christian/Jewish family of late fifteenth-century Spain, a time in which systematic persecution of Jewish converts to Christianity led to the founding of the Inquisition and the Expulsion of the Jews. The more than 30,000 Marranos or conversos eventually burned at the stake by the Inquisition included members of the Arias clan. Particularly significant is the portrait that emerges in the book of the...
More DescriptionIn this remarkable, lucid, and thorough investigation, Gitlitz portrays a prominent Christian/Jewish family of late fifteenth-century Spain, a time in which systematic persecution of Jewish converts to Christianity led to the founding of the Inquisition and the Expulsion of the Jews. The more than 30,000 Marranos or conversos eventually burned at the stake by the Inquisition included members of the Arias clan. Particularly significant is the portrait that emerges in the book of the family patriarch, Diego Arias Davila, a strong-minded, newly rich, king's minister of finance, who had a foot in both worlds. The book details the complex network of the Arias clan's family and friends, many of whom despite the increasing pressure to conform exclusively to Christian practices labored to sustain a rich Jewish religious life. TEXT IN SPANISH