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>Two Portuguese Exiles in Castile
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Publisher:
Year:
1997
Catalog number :
45-522008
ISBN:
965–223–964–X
Pages:
180
Language:
Weight:
290 gr.
Cover:
Hardcover

Two Portuguese Exiles in Castile

Dom David Negro and Dom Isaac Abravanel

Vol. X
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Synopsis
The tenth volume of the Hispania Judaica series is dedicated to Dom David Negro and Dom Issac Abravanel, two important Jews from Portugal, whose lives present certain similarities: both were involved in Portuguese political conspiracies and intrigues against the king and the nobility and were forced to escape as political fugitives to Castille where they attained high positions at the court of Juan I and Isabel I respectively.
The book is partly based on sources from Portuguese archives, particularly the Arquivo da Torre do Tombo which houses one of the richest collections of medieval documents in Europe. Some of these sources are published in this book for the first time.