The martyr : Luis de Carvajal, a secret Jew in Sixteenth-Century Mexico / Martin A. Cohen
Material type: TextPublication details: Philadelphia, PA : Jewish Publication Society of America , 1973Description: 373 p. : illus. ; 21 cmISBN:- 9780826323620
- LAS 272.2 COH
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Latin American Studies | Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. | LAS 272.2 COH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 043582 |
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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