A Drizzle of Honey : The Lives and Recipes of Spain's Secret Jews
By Unknown Author.
Description
Donated by Donna Berk Mullaugh When tens of thousands of Iberian Jews were converted to Catholicism under duress during the Inquisition, many rapidly assimilated to their new religious culture. Others, the crypto-Jews, struggled to retain their Jewish identity in private while projecting Christian conformity in the public sphere. In order to root out these "heretics," the courts of the Inquisition published checklists of Jewish household habits and koshering practices and grilled the servants, neighbors, and even the children of those suspected of practicing their religion at hom...
ISBN(s)
0312198604, 9780312198602
