By Fire Possessed

By Fire Possessed PDF Author: Sandra Toro
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781935604068
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311

Book Description
By Fire Possessed is historical fiction about the life of Doa Gracia Nasi, one of the wealthiest and most powerful women of the Renaissance. She used her power to rescue many thousands of Sephardic Jews from the genocidal persecution of the Inquisition. She was born to a family of Sephardic Jews who were expelled from Spain in 1492. They escaped to Portugal where they were again persecuted a few years later. Her husband built one of the largest commercial empires of the day, and after his death she assumed control of the business. Doa Gracia was arrested and jailed by the Inquisition in Venice, but she was eventually released and then moved to the Ottoman Empire, which allowed freedom of religious practice. She established communities for Jews escaping Europe in Ottoman territories. She was the single most important person rescuing Jews from the Inquisition.

The Long Arm of Papal Authority

The Long Arm of Papal Authority PDF Author: Gerhard Jaritz
Publisher: Central European University Press
ISBN: 6155053790
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
The volume contains selected papers from two conferences in 2003, at the University of Bergen (Norway) and at Central European University in Budapest. They deal comparatively with the communication of the Holy See with Northern Europe and Eastern Central Europe in the Late Middle Ages, both areas at the margins of Western Christendom. Special emphasis is placed on analysis of registers in the Apostolic Penitentiary.

Doña Gracia's Secret

Doña Gracia's Secret PDF Author: Marilyn Froggatt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789657023082
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 56

Book Description
"A remarkable story of an extraordinary woman. Marilyn Froggatt's creative nonfiction account of Dona Gracia is well-researched and inspiring. It invites youth to raise some difficult questions"--

The Ghost of Hannah Mendes

The Ghost of Hannah Mendes PDF Author: Naomi Ragen
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312281250
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 399

Book Description
The ghost of a real-life historical figure helps elderly Catherine da Costa convince her granddaughters to travel across Europe with her and helps them find a link between past and present by leaving mysterious journal entries along their travel route.

The Woman Who Defied Kings

The Woman Who Defied Kings PDF Author: Andrée Aelion Brooks
Publisher: Paragon House Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 642

Book Description
The biography of the one of the most remarkable Jewish women of all time, who saved thousands of Jews from the horrors of the Spanish Inquisition.

The Religious and Cultural Landscape of Ottoman Manastır

The Religious and Cultural Landscape of Ottoman Manastır PDF Author: Robert Mihajlovski
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 900446526X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 323

Book Description
In this ground-breaking work on the Ottoman town of Manastir (Bitola), Robert Mihajlovski, provides a detailed account of the development of Islamic, Christian and Sephardic religious architecture and culture as it manifested in the town and precincts.
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