| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 348 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Origins of Crypto-Judaism on the Iberian Peninsula, 200 B.C.E.-1492; 2. The Crypto-Jewish Experience in New Spain, 1521-1649; 3. The Origins of the First Crypto-Jewish Settlement in New Mexico: Luis de Carvajal and the Failed Colony of Gaspar Castano de Sosa, 1579-1591; 4. Juan de Onate and the Participation of Crypto-Jews in the First Permanent Colony in New Msico, 1595-1607; 5. Franciscans, the Inquisition, and Secret Judaism in New Mexico, 1610-1680; 6. The Role of Crypto-Jews in the Life of the New Mexico Colony, 1680-1846 |
| Summary |
Stanley M. Hordes explores the remarkable story of crypto-Jews and the tenuous preservation of Jewish rituals and traditions in Mexico and New Mexico over the past five hundred years. He follows the crypto-Jews from their origins in medieval Spain and Portugal to their efforts to escape persecution by migrating to the New World and settling in the far reaches of the northern Mexican frontier. Drawing on individual biographies, family histories, Inquisition records, letters, and other primary sources, Hordes provides a richly detailed account of the economic, social, and religious lives of cryp |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-329) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Jews -- New Mexico -- History
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Crypto-Jews -- Iberian Peninsula -- History
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Sephardim -- New Mexico -- History
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Crypto-Jews -- Iberian Peninsula -- Social life and customs
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Jews -- Cultural assimilation.
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Jews -- Identity.
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HISTORY -- State & Local.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- General.
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Crypto-Jews -- Social conditions
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Crypto-Jews
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Ethnic relations
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Jews
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Jews -- Cultural assimilation
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Jews -- Identity
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Sephardim
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New Mexico -- Ethnic relations
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| Subject |
Europe -- Iberian Peninsula
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New Mexico
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0231503180 |
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9780231503181 |
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9780231129367 |
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023112936X |
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