TY - BOOK AU - Francesconi,Federica AU - Mirvis,Stanley AU - Smollett,Brian M. AU - Gerber,Jane Satlow TI - From Catalonia to the Caribbean: the Sephardic Orbit from medieval to modern times, essays in honor of Jane S. Gerber T2 - Brill's series in Jewish stidies SN - 978-90-04-37670-0 U1 - 305.89240460902 23E PY - 2018/// CY - Leiden PB - Brill KW - JUIF KW - SEFARADE KW - FEMME KW - MOYEN AGE KW - ISLAM KW - AL ANDALUS N2 - From Catalonia to the Caribbean: The Sephardic Orbit from Medieval to Modern Times is a polyphonic collection of essays in honor of Jane S. Gerber's contributions as a leading scholar and teacher. Each chapter presents new or underappreciated source materials or questions familiar historical models to expand our understanding of Sephardic cultural, intellectual, and social history. The subjects of this volume are men and women, rich and poor, connected to various Sephardic Diasporas-Spanish, Portuguese, North African, or Middle Eastern-from medieval to modern times. They each, in their own way, challenged the expectations of their societies and helped to define the religious, ethnic, and intellectual experience of Sephardim as well as surrounding cultures throughout the world ER -