Hebrews of the Portuguese Nation: Conversos and Community in Early Modern Amsterdam"An engaging introduction to the tortuous plight faced by exiled conversos in Amsterdam and their methods of response. Choicet; In this skillful and well-argued book Miriam Bodian explores the communal history of the Portuguese Jews . . . who settled in Amsterdam in the seventeenth century." —Sixteenth Century Journa |
Contents
Early Years in Amsterdam | 25 |
Working Out a Modus Vivendi | 53 |
Iberian Memory and Its Perpetuation | 76 |
The Rejudaization of the Nation | 96 |
Maintaining the Nation in Exile | 132 |
Conclusion | 152 |
ABBREVIATIONS | 167 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 203 |