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The martyr : Luis de Carvajal, a secret Jew in Sixteenth-Century Mexico / Martin A. Cohen

By:

Cohen, Martin

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Philadelphia, PA : Jewish Publication Society of America , 1973Description: 373 p. : illus. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780826323620

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DDC classification:

LAS 272.2 COH

Summary: This book traces the history of Luis de Carvajal the Younger and his family in Spain, their migration to the New World, their religious practices, and their adventures in New Spain until one by one they were put to flight or indicated by the Inquisition. Luis himself was burned at the stake in 1596 at the age of thirty. He left behind not only his legacy as an exemplary secret Jew but also valuable literary documents - his memoirs, his last will and testament, and his letters to his mother and sisters in the inquisitorial prison.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Latin American Studies	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	LAS 272.2 COH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		043582

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Includes bibliographical references and index

This book traces the history of Luis de Carvajal the Younger and his family in Spain, their migration to the New World, their religious practices, and their adventures in New Spain until one by one they were put to flight or indicated by the Inquisition. Luis himself was burned at the stake in 1596 at the age of thirty. He left behind not only his legacy as an exemplary secret Jew but also valuable literary documents - his memoirs, his last will and testament, and his letters to his mother and sisters in the inquisitorial prison.

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