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Opportunities that Pass
Cecil Roth was the first Anglo-Jewish historian to become a household name. In addition to his numerous books Roth wrote many articles for a wide range of journals in Britain and overseas, notably in America, on Jewish life and history. This volume comprises a substantial collection of them, selected for their special and continuing Jewish appeal and human interest, none of which have appeared in book form before. Roth loved travel and his many journeys to Europe inevitably included visits to regions of past or then current Jewish residence. He was an acute observer of scenes, people, atmosphere and change. Characteristic of his approach are his historical accounts of some, to us, curious ob...
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The Spanish Inquisition
A history of the Inquisition in Spain from the 13th century to its abolition in 1834. States that the true Spanish Inquisition was organized in 1480 against Converso Judaizers. It succeeded in implementing the expulsion of the Jews in 1492 and grew ever more powerful through the centuries. Discusses Ferrant MartÃnez's anti-Jewish sermons and the wave of violence and forced conversions in 1391 which initiated the Converso problem, which was more a matter of social success than of religious purity. Stresses that the Inquisition was persecuting not Jews, but heretics within the Church (i.e. Judaizers). Describes the plight of Spanish and Portuguese Conversos at the hands of the Inquisition. Traces, also, Inquisition activities against Conversos in Mexico and Peru.
