History of a Tragedy: The Expulsion of the Jews from Spain

by Joseph Pérez

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 P?rez studies the evolution...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252031415
• ISBN13: 9780252031410
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"