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PublisherParagon House Publishers

ISBN-101557788294

ISBN-139781557788290

eBay Product ID (ePID)2476737

Product Key Features

Book TitleWoman Who Defied Kings : the Life and Times of Do a Gracia Nasi

Number of Pages614 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2002

TopicJudaism / General, Europe / Renaissance, Women's Studies, Europe / General, Jewish

IllustratorYes

GenreReligion, Social Science, History

AuthorAndr E. Aelion Brooks

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.5 in

Item Weight30.3 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2001-051161

Reviews"An excellent read ! The story of Dona Garcia is riveting. She would be a hero in any age and a role model for women today." --Fayne Erickson, publisher, Ms. Magazine

Dewey Edition21

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal909/.04924/0092 B

Table Of ContentContentsPrologueGlossaryPART I. Portugal: 1510-1537Chapter 1. A Time to be BornChapter 2. Growing UpChapter 3. MarriageChapter 4. WidowhoodPart II. Antwerp: 1537-1545Chapter 5. Among the Money MerchantsChapter 6. A Time for LearningChapter 7. CrisisChapter 8. FlightPart III. Italy:1546-1552Chapter 9. Merchants in VeniceChapter 10. The Enemy WithinChapter 11. Patron of the ArtsChapter 12. An Imminent DeparturePart IV. Turkey: 1553-1569Chapter 13. From an Ottoman PerchChapter 14. Tragedy in AnconaChapter 15. A Time of TrialChapter 16. Unfinished BusinessChapter 17. A Benevolent LadyChapter 18. The Tiberias ProjectChapter 19. Ebb TideEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex

SynopsisThe Woman Who Defied Kings is the first modern, comprehensive biography of Dona Gracia Nasi, an outstanding Jewish international banker during the Renaissance. A courageous leader, she used her wealth and connections to operate an underground railroad that saved hundreds of her fellow Spanish and Portuguese conversos (Jews who had been forced to convert to Catholicism) from the horrors of the Inquisition. Born in Lisbon in 1510, she later moved onto Antwerp, Venice, and Ferrara where she was constantly negotiating with kings and emperors for better conditions for her people. Dona Gracia Nasi helped lead a boycott of the Italian port of Ancona in retaliation for the burning of 23 of her people by the Inquisition - an outrageous act in an era when Jews were more accustomed to appeasement. Finally settling in Constantinople, she persuaded Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent to grant her a long-term lease on the Tiberias region of Palestine, where she spearheaded one of the earliest attempts to start an independent state for Jews in Israel. Dona Gracia Nasi is equally important to history because she shatters the stereotype of how women, especially Jewish women, conducted their lives during the Renaissance period. Some historians have called her the most important Jewish woman since Biblical times., The Woman Who Defied Kings is the first modern, comprehensive biography of Do a Gracia Nasi, an outstanding Jewish international banker during the Renaissance. A courageous leader, she used her wealth and connections to operate an underground railroad that saved hundreds of her fellow Spanish and Portuguese conversos (Jews who had been forced to convert to Catholicism) from the horrors of the Inquisition. Born in Lisbon in 1510, she later moved onto Antwerp, Venice, and Ferrara where she was constantly negotiating with kings and emperors for better conditions for her people. Do a Gracia Nasi helped lead a boycott of the Italian port of Ancona in retaliation for the burning of 23 of her people by the Inquisition - an outrageous act in an era when Jews were more accustomed to appeasement. Finally settling in Constantinople, she persuaded Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent to grant her a long-term lease on the Tiberias region of Palestine, where she spearheaded one of the earliest attempts to start an independent state for Jews in Israel. Do a Gracia Nasi is equally important to history because she shatters the stereotype of how women, especially Jewish women, conducted their lives during the Renaissance period. Some historians have called her the most important Jewish woman since Biblical times., The Woman Who Defied Kings is the first modern, comprehensive biography of Doa Gracia Nasi, an outstanding Jewish international banker during the Renaissance. A courageous leader, she used her wealth and connections to operate an underground railroad that saved hundreds of her fellow Spanish and Portuguese conversos (Jews who had been forced to convert to Catholicism) from the horrors of the Inquisition. Born in Lisbon in 1510, she later moved onto Antwerp, Venice, and Ferrara where she was constantly negotiating with kings and emperors for better conditions for her people. Doa Gracia Nasi helped lead a boycott of the Italian port of Ancona in retaliation for the burning of 23 of her people by the Inquisition - an outrageous act in an era when Jews were more accustomed to appeasement. Finally settling in Constantinople, she persuaded Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent to grant her a long-term lease on the Tiberias region of Palestine, where she spearheaded one of the earliest attempts to start an independent state for Jews in Israel. Doa Gracia Nasi is equally important to history because she shatters the stereotype of how women, especially Jewish women, conducted their lives during the Renaissance period. Some historians have called her the most important Jewish woman since Biblical times.>

LC Classification NumberDS135.M43N372 2003