Few events in the history of Spain have provoked as much controversy as the expulsion of the Jews in 1492. Conflicts within the Catholic Church, suspicions within the newly unified Spain, and the claims of Spanish merchants combined to make the Spain of Ferdinand and Isabella intolerant and inquisitorial. Yet the roots of Spanish anti-Semitism went deeper. In this concise survey of the expulsion of the Sephardic Jews, Joseph Pérez studies the evolution of the Jewish community in Spain from the time of the Visigoths to the reign of the Catholic kings. He explores the Jewish community’s role in creating and sustaining the vibrant cultural, political, and economic world of medieval Spain, and how growing religious intolerance, a pervasive resentment of the “others,” and a string of escalating encroachments culminated in expulsion.

History of a Tragedy: THE EXPULSION OF THE JEWS FROM SPAIN (Hispanisms)

History

Pérez, Joseph

Europe

University of Illinois Press

This is the story of 350 years of terror. Established by papal bull in 1478, the first task of the Spanish Inquisition was to question Jewish converts to Christianity and to expose and execute those found guilty of reversion. Authorities then turned on Spanish Jews in general, sending 300,000 into exile. Next in line were humanists and Lutherans. No rank was exempt. Children informed on their parents, merchants on their rivals, and priests upon their bishops. Those denounced were guilty unless they could prove their innocence. Nearly 32,000 people were publicly burned at the stake; the fortunate” ones were flogged, fined, or imprisoned.Joseph Pérez tells the history of the Spanish Inquisition from its medieval beginnings to its nineteenth-century ending. He discovers its origins in fear and jealousy and its longevity in usefulness to the state. He explores the inner workings of its councils, and shows how its officers, inquisitors, and leaders lived and worked. He describes its techniques of interrogation and torture, and shows how it refined displays of punishment as instruments of social control. The author ends his fascinating account by assessing the impact of the Inquisition over three and a half centuries on Spain’s culture, economy, and intellectual life.

The Spanish Inquisition: A History

Yale University Press

A new history of the Spanish Inquisition—a terrifying battle for a unified faith. This is the story of 350 years of terror. Established by papal bull in 1478, the first task of the Spanish Inquisition was to question Jewish converts to Christianity and to expose and execute those found guilty of reversion. Authorities then turned on Spanish Jews in general, sending 300,000 into exile. Next in line were humanists and Lutherans. No rank was exempt. Children informed on their parents, merchants on their rivals, and priests upon their bishops. Those denounced were guilty unless they could prove their innocence. Nearly 32,000 people were publicly burned at the stake; the “fortunate” ones were flogged, fined, or imprisoned. Joseph Pérez tells the history of the Spanish Inquisition from its medieval beginnings to its nineteenth-century ending. He discovers its origins in fear and jealousy and its longevity in usefulness to the state. He explores the inner workings of its councils, and shows how its officers, inquisitors, and leaders lived and worked. He describes its techniques of interrogation and torture, and shows how it refined displays of punishment as instruments of social control. The author ends his fascinating account by assessing the impact of the Inquisition over three and a half centuries on Spain’s culture, economy, and intellectual life.

Don Juan de Austria nos aparece siempre envuelto por la leyenda: su resonante triunfo en Lepanto, su repentina muerte en plena juventud, su protagonismo en la conjura de Antonio Pérez, las vidriosas relaciones con su hermanastro Felipe II, el peso imborrable de su bastardía... Sin embargo, todos estos elementos no traban sino un drama que nos relata sutilmente Úslar Pietri en La visita en el tiempo, hasta trazarnos un personaje, como dice el profesor Joseph Pérez en el prólogo, quebrado por la busca de su propia identidad.Pues si La visita en el tiempo puede leerse como una biografía novelada de don Juan de Austria, el lector no podrá escapar, línea tras línea, a la angustia en que se debate el personaje y que no es sino la misma materia que convierte todavía a su figura en tan enigmática como sugestiva para los historiadores.Al punto que La visita en el tiempo es una de las mejores y más perspicaces "novelas históricas" de la literatura hispánica; tanto que fue galardonada con el prestigioso premio Rómulo Gallegos.

La visita en el tiempo (Spanish Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Uslar Pietri, Arturo

Genre Fiction

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Histoire de l'Espagne (Biographies Historiques) (French Edition)

FAYARD

Historia de una tragedia: La expulsión de los judíos de España

Austral

La España del siglo XVI (Biblioteca Basica De Historia / Basic History Library) (Spanish Edition)

ANAYA INFANTIL Y JUVENIL

El debate sobre España –un proyecto de convivencia cívica para muchos, un ideal sagrado según otros, la madre de todas las desgracias para no pocos― ha cobrado una intensidad que nadie sospechaba hace unos años. Hoy más que nunca es obligado el conocimiento del pasado, no solo para lograr una mayor comprensión del presente, sino para decidir con criterio sobre nuestro futuro. 
Escrita por tres de los más importantes especialistas en la materia, esta Historia de España es una síntesis dirigida a un público amplio, no necesariamente especialista. Combinando rigor, claridad y amenidad, Julio Valdeón, Joseph Pérez y Santos Juliá, cada uno desde sus respectivas especialidades, aportan las claves de lo que sin duda es un denso legado histórico: desde las primeras culturas asentadas en la península Ibérica a los interrogantes que plantea el futuro a los españoles.\nBook Description\nHoy más que nunca es necesario el conocimiento del pasado, no solo para lograr una mayor comprensión del presente, sino para decidir con criterio sobre nuestro futuro.

Historia de España

Juliá, Santos

Valdeón, Julio

Espasa

Joseph Pérez, profesor de la Universidad de Burdeos III y antiguo director de la Casa de Velázquez, hispanista e historiador, autor fundamental sobre la época de los Reyes Católicos y la guerra de las Comunidades.

Editorial Crítica.

Breve Historia de La Inquisicion En España (Spanish Edition)

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