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The long journey of Gracia Mendes /

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Title Proper

The long journey of Gracia Mendes /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

by Marianna D. Birnbaum.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Central European University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2003.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (147 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 128-140) and indexes.

Text of Note

Introducing the family -- A short history of the conversos -- Life in sixteenth-century Antwerp -- Gracia in Venice -- Gracia and Jewish patronage in sixteenth-century Ferrara -- In business with Ragusa -- The Ottoman Empire and the Jews.

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"Gracia Mendes was a sixteenth-century entrepreneur and one of the wealthiest women in Europe, who, while a practicing Christian, remained for much of her life a secret Jew." "The biography examines her rise to power in the face of immense obstacles - political, religious, economic, and social." "Gracia was born in 1510 in Portugal. At the age of eighteen, she married Francisco Mendes, a successful Jewish spice trader. After her husband's death in 1536 and in response to the religious persecutions of the day, she moved her family from Portugal. Her travels led her through Antwerp, Venice, Ferrara, Ragusa and finally to Constantinople, from where the Ottoman Empire dominated the territories of former Byzantium and offered shelter for the battered Conversos (converted Jews)." "After her arrival in 1553, she became the most prominent businesswoman of the community and a patron of Jewish causes. Her life exemplifies the perseverance of the Jewish culture to survive and triumph even in extremely adverse conditions."--Jacket.

Text of Note

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

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JSTOR

Stock Number

22573/ctv10v0d8v

Title

Long journey of Gracia Mendes.

International Standard Book Number

9639241679

Nasi, Gracia,approximately 1510-1569.

Nasi, Gracia,approximately 1510-1569.

Nasi, Gracia.

Jewish women-- Portugal, Biography.

Jews-- Europe-- Economic conditions-- 16th century.

Jews-- Europe-- Social conditions-- 16th century.

Jews-- Portugal, Biography.

Marranos-- Portugal, Biography.

Sephardim-- Portugal, Biography.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women

Ethnic relations.

HISTORY.

Jewish women.

Jews-- Economic conditions.

Jews-- Social conditions.

Jews.

Marranos.

Sephardim.

Europe, Ethnic relations.

Europe.

Marranen.

Portugal.

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HIS-- 045000

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Edition

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Book number

Birnbaum, Marianna D.

Date of Transaction

20201206131812.0

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