Diasporas Within a Diaspora: Jews, Crypto-Jews and the World of Maritime Empires (1540-1740) (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004127654)

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 the six great European world maritime empires of the time - the Venetian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English and French. New material and argument is offered relating to the questions of diaspora formation, Sephardic social practices, crypto-Judaism, religious syncretism, cross-cultural brokerage, and the contribution of diasporas to European expansion.

Author: Jonathan Israel
ISBN-10: 9004127658
ISBN-13: 9789004127654
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 07/12/2002
Pages: 624
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.68lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.68w x 1.68d