1st Edition

Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the Mediterranean World After 1492

By Alisa Meyuhas Ginio Copyright 1993

    The expulsion of the Jews, and later the Muslims from the Iberian Peninsula marked the beginning of a new era in the life of the Mediterranean world. The articles in this volume discuss the aftermath of the crucial historical events that took place in the Mediterranean world in 1492, focusing on the social, economic and cultural consequences of these occurrences.

    Introduction; Chapter 1 Jewish Participation in Castilian Fairs: The Example of Medina del Campo in the Fifteenth Century, María Fuencisla, García Casar; Chapter 2 Nostalgia for the Past (and for the Future?) among Castilian Judeoconversos, Carlos Carrete Parrondo; Chapter 3 The Annunciation to Esther: Felipe Godínez' Dramatic Vision, Sara Turel; Chapter 4 Mudéjares and Repobladores in the Kingdom of Granada (1485–1501), Miguel-Angel Ladero Quesada; Chapter 5 Negotiations between the Georgian and Spanish Kings at the End of the Fifteenth Century, Elguja Khintibidze; Chapter 6 The Almogataces: A Historical Perspective, Felipe Maíllo Salgado; Chapter 7 Autobiographical Elements in the Writings of Kabbalists from the Generation of the Expulsion, Michal Oron; Chapter 8 Sephardic Settlements in Sixteenth-Century Italy: A Historical and Geographical Survey, Renata Segre; Chapter 9 A Tale of Three Cities and their Raison d'Etat: Ancona, Venice, Livorno, and the Competition for Jewish Merchants in the Sixteenth Century, Benjamin Ravid; Chapter 10 Venice between Jerusalem, Byzantium, and Divine Retribution: The Origins of the Ghetto, Elisabeth Crouzet-Pavan; Chapter 11 Owners, Houses, Functions: New Research on the Origins of the Venetian Ghetto, Ennio Concina; Chapter 12 The Role of Ragusan Jews in the History of the Mediterranean Countries, Ivana Burdelez; Chapter 13 Between the Eastern and Western Mediterranean: Sephardic Music after the Expulsion from Spain and Portugal, Edwin Seroussi; Chapter 14 The Social and Communal Organization of the Jewish Communities in Epirus during the Sixteenth Century, Leah Bornstein-Makovetsky; Chapter 15 The Rise and Fall of Salonica Woollens, 1500–1650: Technology Transfer and Western Competition, Benjamin Braude; Chapter 16 Spanish Ladies from the Cairo Geniza, Joel L. Kraemer;

    Biography

    Alisa Meyuhas Ginio