Jews in the Canary Islands: Being a calendar of Jewish Cases extracted from the records of the Canariote inquisition in the collection of the Marquess ... Society of America Reprint Text Series)

ISBN 10: 0802084508 ISBN 13: 9780802084507

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2001

Synopsis

In 1492, the Jews of Spain were given a choice: convert to Christianity or be expelled from Spain. Many chose to hide themselves as 'New Christians,' or conversos, outwardly professing to be Christians while practicing their true faith in secret. In 1504, the Office of the Inquisition was set up in the remote Spanish holdings on the Canary Islands to seek out crypto-Jews, sorcerers, and other heretics. Jews in the Canary Islands is a calendar of Jewish cases brought before the Canariote Inquisition between 1499 and 1818, when the Inquisition was discontinued.

First published in 1926, together with an introduction analysing the work of the Inquisition and explaining its relation to general Jewish history until 1928, this is a fascinating collection of records showing not only the workings of the Inquisition, but the lives of crypto-Jews during a time of fierce repression.

About this title

About the Author:

Lucien Wolf (1857–1930) was also the author of Notes on Diplomatic History of the Jewish Question (JHSE 1919) and The Myth of the Jewish Menace in World Affairs; or, The truth about the forged Protocols of the elders of Zion, Macmillan, 1921.

Language Notes:

Text: English, Spanish (translation)
Original Language: Spanish

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0802084508
• ISBN 13: 9780802084507
• Binding: Calendar
• Number of pages: 320