Long Journey of Gracia Mendes Book

	Acknowledgments	vii
Chapter 1	Introducing the Family	1
Chapter 2	A Short History of the Conversos	5
	Inquisition in Spain and Portugal	6
	The Assimilation of Conversos	7
	New Attitudes Toward Conversos	9
	The Special Status of the Rich	12
	Changing Places--Changing Names	13
Chapter 3	Life in Sixteenth-Century Antwerp	15
	Converso Life in Lisbon and Antwerp	18
	The Family Business	20
	Pepper and the Mendes Wealth	24
	The Move to Antwerp	26
	Gracia's Official Entry into the Family Business	27
	Diogo and the Accusation of Judaizing	29
	The Emperor's Blackmail	31
	The Emperor's Matchmaking	32
Chapter 4	Gracia in Venice	36
	Conditions in Ferrara and Mantua	41
	A Sisters' Quarrel	42
	The Alleged Kidnapping	46
	Inquisition by Proxy	48
	Costa's Defense	50
	Brianda Before the Inquisition	52
Chapter 5	Gracia and Jewish Patronage in Sixteenth-Century Ferrara	54
	The Ferrara Bible	56
	Meeting an Old Friend	62
	The Medal Controversy	63
	The Growing Intolerance in Ferrara	65
Chapter 6	In Business with Ragusa	66
	Jews in Ragusa	68
	The Ragusan Deal	71
Chapter 7	The Ottoman Empire and the Jews	75
	The Legal Status of Jews	76
	Social Life and Customs	81
	The Western View of Levantine Jews	82
	Gracia's Arrival in the Ottoman Empire	87
	Who is a Jew?	89
	The Mendes-Nasi Enterprise	90
	The Crises in Ancona and Pesaro	93
	Leading the Boycott Against Ancona	98
	New Faces in Constantinople	103
	Gracia and the Resettling of Safed	106
	Jewish Patronage in the Ottoman Empire	108
	The Decline of the House of Mendes-Nasi	110
	Conclusion	115
	Appendices
	Money, Prices, Values	121
	From Dubrovnik to Constantinople	125
	Select Bibliography	128
	Picture Credits	141
	Index	142
	Index of Places	142
	Index of Persons	144