HIST 219 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ashkenazi Hasidim, Limpieza De Sangre, Rashi
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Key terms: rashi and hasidei ashkenaz, conversos and limpieza de sangre, ottoman empire (1453-1918, polish lithuanian commonwealth (1569-1795, sephardim, ashkenazim, kehilla, council of the four lands, ghetto. A man had two non-jewish wet nurses in his home and they were at strife. Why are you creating arguments in your home? he said: if they live in harmony, perhaps they will steal from me. Christianity form within and committing acts of heresy: converted jews now had access to power, they are a threat because they are foreign but also because they are infiltrating the. In addition to these new laws, the catholic church sets out to investigate whether or not these new converts are practicing catholicism to the letter: there investigations are known as inquisitions. Inquisitions targeted muslims as well: as the inquisitions heat up, persecution against converts heats up. Spanish context: anti-jewish hostility reaches its height in spain in 1492.