Diasporas Within a Diaspora: Jews, Crypto-Jews and the World of Maritime Empires (1540-1740)

by Jonathan I. Israel

This volume is concerned with the religious, social and commercial 'networking' methods extending over a large part of the world, ranging from the Near East to South America, used by the western Sephardic Jewish diaspora - and the linked 'New Christian' diaspora (in lands where the Inquisition prevailed)- from the mid sixteenth to the mid eighteenth century. Particular attention is given to the role of these unique diasporas in the functioning of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004127658
• ISBN13: 9789004127654
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 2.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.7" x 9.6"