B. Netanyahu, one of the world's foremost medievalists, has made a
lifelong project of studying the historical evolution of Marranism
and seeking to ascertain the genesis of the Spanish Inquisition. In
this seminal work, which opened an ongoing debate on the nature of
conversion and belief in late medieval Spain, Netanyahu analyzes
evidence on the Marranos contained in the Hebrew sources.
For this new edition, Netanyahu has revised and updated the book
throughout and added a lengthy postscript in which he reconsiders
the Marranos in light of the scholarship that has appeared since
publication of the second edition in 1973.
"This book's revolutionary thesis dispels the romanticized
heroic image of the Marrano found in Jewish literary and historical
annals", says Isaac Barzilay, Professor Emeritus at Columbia
University. "Netanyahu's conception of the Marranos is of a people
whose majority hardly resisted assimilation to Spanish culture and
Christianity. Consequently, he unhesitatingly rejects the
Inquisition's claim that it was established for the sole purpose of
preserving the integrity of Christianity against the undermining
effects of Marranism".
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