Cecil Roth

A History of the Jews in England

Encyclopaedia Judaica: A-Z

History of the Jews in Venice

Geoffrey Wigoder

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Encyclopaedia Judaica

The Sassoon family immigrated from Iraq to India during or before 1829, and immigrated from India to England in 1858. The family became part of the nobility in 1872, when hereditary knighthood was conferred upon Sir Albert-Abdullah Sassoon.

The Sassoon dynasty

Jews in Christian Europe, 711-1096

The Dark Ages

היהודים בתרבות הרניסאנס באיטליה

The House of Nasi: Doña Gracia

Dona Gracia, a Marrano or 'converso' (secret Jew), flees the Inquisition in Portugal. She wanders Europe, rises to financial power in Antwerp, finds sanctuary, finally, in Turkey, where she spends her last years as the uncrowned Queen of Jewry in the Ottoman Empire.

Doña Gracia of the House of Nasi

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The Jewish Contribution to Civilisation

A History of the Marranos

Cecil Roth

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