The Martyr: Luis de Carvajal, A Secret Jew in Sixteenth-Century Mexico (Jewish Latin America Series) - Softcover

Cohen, Martin A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826323626 ISBN 13: 9780826323620

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, 2001

Synopsis

First published in 1973, this book traces the history of Luis de Carvajal the Younger and his family in Spain, their migration to the New World, their religious practices, and their adventures in New Spain until one by one they were put to flight or indicted by the Inquisition. Luis himself was burned at the stake in 1596 at the age of thirty. He left behind not only his legacy as an exemplary secret Jew but also valuable literary documents--his memoirs, his last will and testament, and his letters to his mother and sisters in the inquisitorial prison.

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From the Publisher

Jewish Latin America series
Introduction by Ilan Stavans

From the Back Cover

Indicted by the Inquisition and burned at the stake in 1596 at the age of thirty, Luis left valuable literary documents--his memoirs, his last will and testament, and his letters to his mother and sisters in the inquisitorial prison.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0826323626
• ISBN 13: 9780826323620
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 389