Dear Friends and Collegues, Varda Books is pleased to present a digital library edition of the acclaimed HISPANIA JUDAICA Series, a research project at the Dinur Institute of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, published by Magnes Press : eleven monographs and documentary collections on the life of Jews in Spain before, during and after the Expulsion
Editorial Board: Haim Beinart, Yom Tov Assis, Raquel Ibáñez-Sperber Now* $495 (reg. $1195) * This limited-time offer includes FREE permanent online hosting for libraries and additional 20% discount for current institutional subscribers to Judaic Scholar Digital Reference Library's Basic Reference Collection. To register your library fill out the following form http://www.publishersrow.com/jdl/libsreg.asp and/or email your order/questions to [email protected] To view this offer's details online and be able to preview all included titles, click here http://www.publishersrow.com/hispania_judaica_lib.htm "The reconstruction of the history of the Jews during the Middle Ages has come to emphasize increasingly the utilization of archival materials that permit a closer look at the economic and social realities of Jewish life... The Hispania Judaica series... has distinguished itself through the presentation of a series of close studies of medieval Spanish Jewish communities." --Robert Chazan New York University The aim of the Series is the publication of monographs and documentary collections on the history of the Jews in the Iberian peninsula from the earliest times until the end of the Middle Ages. ". . . a rich mine of information for the researcher and all who are interested in Jewish life in medieval Spain." --Ruth Rigbi Israel Genealogical Society Scholars from various countries take part in the preparation of books, in which archival material from Spain and Portugal is collected and evaluated under the editorial supervision of Hispania Judaica. It is designed to cover methodically all regions of Sepharad. A representative number of communities, major events and various aspects in Judeo-Spanish history and biographies of personalities who played a major role in the life of Hispano-Jewish society are described anew and historically evaluated. These monographs are to serve the future historians of Iberian Jewry. "[Two Portuguese Exiles in Castile is] a brilliant investigation... Lipiner's contribution to the study of the history of Jews and "conversos" in Portugal and Brazil is inestimable.... innovative approach, elegance of literary style, and meticulous care in researching sources." --Inazio Steinhardt Shofar, Book Review Issued in eminently convenient electronic format by Varda Books, each volume of this collection--all books of the series published to date--has been indexed separately to enable a scholar to search and find what he or she is looking for quickly and efficiently. All books are in easy-to-read, attractive Scholar PDF format All scanned to match their original printed edition page for page Every one possesses sophisticated navigation system TOCs are linked to relevant Chapter openings Endnote references are hyper-linked to endnotes and back Each Subject Index entry is linked to its corresponding text In several volumes, extra care was taken to link Subject Index entries to proper documents regardless of their pages, to make finding them very easy Searchable individually or collectively in a great variety of ways Printing and copying are unrestricted (for personal use only) Infinitively expandable Online IP delivery service for libraries and institutions Entire collection is also delivered on a courtesy CD-ROM and can be used on up to three computers within a library Vol. I: J. Régné, History of the Jews in Aragon: Regesta and Documents 1213-1327 748 pp. More than 3,500 regesta in French, and original documents mostly from the Archivo General de la Corona de Aragon, in Barcelona, throw light on 114 crucial years of Jewish history in the Aragonese-Catalan region. Vol. II: H. Beinart, Trujillo: A Jewish Community in Extremadura on the Eve of the Expulsion from Spain, 384 pp. + 8 plates. Based on documents published for the first time, this book reveals the life and surroundings of a community lulled into a false sense of security and endeavoring to build its life in peace while the war against Granada continues. Vol. III: H. Beinart, Conversos on Trial: The Inquisition in Ciudad Real, 352 pp. + 16 plates. This story is eloquently related on the basis of Inquisition files which depict the Conversos deep yearning to their Jewish past and the ultimate sacrifice they were prepared to offer for their continued adherence to their ancestral faith. Vol. IV: B. Leroy, The Jews of Navarre in the Late Middle Ages, 278 pp. Based on documents from archives, the book relates various aspects of Jewish life, the economic activities of the Jews and their work at the service of the Crown in this Christian kingdom. Vol. V: A. S. Selke, The Conversos of Majorca: Life and Death in a Crypto-Jewish Community in XVII Century Spain, 290 pp. This volume focuses for the most part on the Conversos of XVII century Majorca, the so-called Chuetas, a phenomenon without parallel in all of Spain. Vol. VI: Y. T. Assis, The Jews of Santa Coloma de Queralt, 290 pp. This volume attempts to describe Jewish life in a small community of which little is known, on the basis of notary acts found in local archives. Vol. VII: L. Coronas Tejada, Conversos and the Inquisition in Jaén, 279 pp. This book describes the fate of the Conversos in the Kingdom of Jaén at the hands of the Inquisition Tribunal which operated there for 43 years, from 1483 until 1526. Vol. VIII: J. Doñate Sebastià & J. R. Magdalena Nom de Déu, Three Jewish Communities in Medieval Valencia: Castellón de la Plana, Burriana, Villarreal, 343 pp. The book describes the history of three neighbouring communities in the medieval Kingdom of Valencia on the basis of archival material from local archives. Vol. IX: J. Hinojosa Montalvo, The Jews of the Kingdom of Valencia, 721 pp. This book brings to life a comprehensive study of the Jews in this kingdom from the massacres of 1391 to the Expulsion and contains 881 documents found in various archives and published in part here for the first time. Vol. X: E. Lipiner, Two Portuguese Exiles in Castile: Dom David Negro and Dom Isaac Abravanel, 173 pp. The book contains more than 30 documents related to Portuguese Jewry in general and David Negro and Isaac Abravanel in particular. The book sheds new light on the life of these important personalities. Vol XI: J. L. Lacave, Medieval Ketubot from Sepharad, 268 pp. + 30 plates. Examination of legal aspects and historic significance of the thirty ketubot (marriage contracts) from various medieval Hispanic kingdoms. and their detailed comparison. 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