Research Catalog

Title

Remembering Sepharad : Jewish culture in medieval Spain : Washington National Cathedral, May 9-June 8, 2003 / text by Isidro G. Bango ; [organized by Sociedad Estatal para la Acción Cultural Exterior].

Author

Bango Torviso, Isidro Gonzalo, 1946-

Publication

[Madrid, Spain] : State Corporation for Spanish Cultural Action Abroad, c2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Washington Cathedral
• Sociedad Estatal para la Acción Cultural Exterior (Spain)
• Washington National Cathedral (Washington, D.C.)

Description

230 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps, plans; 27 cm.

Summary

Written to accompany an exhibition held at the Washington National Cathedral in 2003 (and in a more extensive version in Toledo, Spain previously), this catalogue provides a broad introduction to the lives of Jews in medieval Spain ("Sepharad" is the Hebrew word for Spain). Among the topics are aspects of daily life; the role of Jews in the arts and sciences; the political realities of life for Jews, Muslims, and Christians; a history of the Church's anti-Jewish policies, which result in the expulsion of the Jews in 1492; and the role of the Spanish Inquisition. All the chapters are well illustrated with good quality color plates. Distributed in North America by the U. of Washington Press for the State Corporation for Spanish Cultural Action Abroad.

Subject

• 711-1516
• Sephardim > Spain > Exhibitions
• Jews > Spain > History > Exhibitions
• Jews > Spain > Social life and customs > Exhibitions
• Jewish art > Spain > Exhibitions
• Jews > Spain > Intellectual life > Exhibitions
• Spain > Civilization > Jewish influences > Exhibitions
• Spain > History > 711-1516 > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

• exhibition catalogs.
• Exhibition catalogs
• History
• Catalogues d'exposition.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-230).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

By Way of an Introduction -- The Historic Background -- The Juderia -- Household Items -- Personal Appearance -- The Administrative Structure of the Aljama and the Law -- Women and the Marriage Contract. The Ketubah -- Religion and its Manifestions -- The Jews and the Arts and Sciences -- Sciences -- Jews, Moors, and Christians under the King's Authority -- History of a Conflict -- Church versus Synagogue -- The Legal Conflict: The "Law of the Kingdom: and the Religious Principles of the People of Israel -- The Image of the Other -- Expulsion -- The Inquisition -- Catalogue of Works

ISBN

8496008274

OCLC

• 52545879
• SCSB-11213724

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library