ISBN:
9781644694381
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (96 p)
Edition:
[Online-Ausgabe]
Year of publication:
2020
Series Statement:
The Lands and Ages of the Jewish People
Keywords:
Synagogues Law and legislation 19th century
;
History
;
Jews Legal status, laws, etc 19th century
;
History
;
Sephardim History 19th century
;
Jews Legal status, laws, etc 19th century
;
History
;
HISTORY / Jewish
Abstract:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Press and the Jews’ Return to Spain -- Chapter 2: Guedalla’s Project -- Chapter 3: Reticence in the Jewish Community -- Conclusion -- Annex : Letter from the Libéral Bayonnais of October 17, 1868 -- Sources -- Bibliography
Abstract:
This work, the fruit of intense research work spanning several years, examines the first serious attempt by the descendants of the Sephardim—the Jews expelled from Spain in 1492—to “return to Sepharad” more than three decades after the abolition of the Inquisition. At the beginning of the nineteenth century a trend towards historical revisionism, backed by Liberals, whose influence was pivotal at the Cortes de Cádiz (the national assembly convened to assert Spanish sovereignty, introduce reform, and establish a modern Spanish nation), combined with economic factors, culminated in the abolition of the Inquisition in 1834. This paved the way, ideologically, for the freedom of worship to be proclaimed in Spain on the heels of La Septembrina, or La Gloriosa, the September Revolution of 1868 in which Queen Isabel II was deposed. European Sephardic Jews, galvanized by their perception of a tolerant Spain, decided to undertake a major project to initiate negotiations with the Spanish state
Note:
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
,
In English
DOI:
10.1515/9781644694381
