Title A man of three worlds : Samuel Pallache, a Moroccan Jew in Catholic and Protestant Europe / Mercedes García-Arenal & Gerard Wiegers ; translated by Martin Beagles ; with a foreword by David Nirenberg & Richard Kagan

Published Baltimore, Md. ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2007]

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 173 pages) Contents Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Note on Terminology -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 From Fez to Madrid -- Chapter 2 Jews in Morocco -- Chapter 3 Between the Dutch Republic and Morocco -- Chapter 4 Privateering, Prison, and Death -- Chapter 5 After Samuel: The Pallache Family -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z Summary Annotation In the late fifteenth century, many of the Jews expelled from Spain made their way to Morocco and established a dynamic community in Fez. A number of Jewish families became prominent in commerce and public life there. Among the Jews of Fez of Hispanic origin was Samuel Pallache, who served the Moroccan sultan as a commercial and diplomatic agent in Holland until Pallache's death in 1616. Before that, he had tried to return with his family to Spain, and to this end he tried to convert to Catholicism and worked as an informer, intermediary, and spy in Moroccan affairs for the Spanish court. Later he became a privateer against Spanish ships and was tried in London for that reason. His religious identity proved to be as mutable as his political allegiances: when in Amsterdam, he was devoutly Jewish; when in Spain, a loyal converso (a baptized Jew). In A Man of Three Worlds, Mercedes Garca-Arenal and Gerard Wiegers view Samuel Pallache's world as a microcosm of early modern society, one far more interconnected, cosmopolitan, and fluid than is often portrayed. Pallache's missions and misadventures took him from Islamic Fez and Catholic Spain to Protestant England and Holland. Through these travels, the authors explore the workings of the Moroccan sultanate and the Spanish court, the Jewish communities of Fez and Amsterdam, and details of the Atlantic-Mediterranean trade. At once a sweeping view of two continents, three faiths, and five nation-states and an intimate story of one man's remarkable life, A Man of Three Worlds is history at its most compelling Notes Originally published: 2003 Title page verso is that of 2003 hardback issue, bearing ISBN 0801872251. ISBN of this issue from back cover only, and date from CIP Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-164) and index Notes Translated from the Spanish Print version record Subject Pallache, Samuel, approximately 1550-1616 SUBJECT Pallache, Samuel, approximately 1550-1616 fast Subject Jews -- Morocco -- Fès -- Biography Sephardim -- Morocco -- Fès -- Biography Jews, Moroccan -- Spain -- Madrid -- Biography Jews, Moroccan -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- Biography Jewish businesspeople -- Biography Spies -- Spain -- Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. HISTORY -- General. Jewish businesspeople Jews Jews, Moroccan Sephardim Spies Diplomatieke betrekkingen. SUBJECT Fès (Morocco) -- Biography Madrid (Spain) -- Biography Amsterdam (Netherlands) -- Biography Subject Morocco -- Fès Netherlands -- Amsterdam Spain Spain -- Madrid Marokko. Nederland. Genre/Form Biographies Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book Author Wiegers, Gerard, 1959- Beagles, Martin. ISBN 9780801895838 0801895839

Other Titles Entre el Islam y occidente. English

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