Zonas ciegas

Los posibles orígenes de la casa de Otárola, con otros estudios de antecedentes americanos. Incluye un conjunto de páginas eruditas sobre personalidades y hechos de la historia de España de la Edad Media.

Vol. I traces Jewish influence in colonial Argentina, and Jewish origins of many of the most illustrious Argentinian families. Pt. A (pp. 15-46), "España-Portugal-Brasil: La aparición del judío portugués", describes the expulsion from Spain, the forced conversion of the Jews in Portugal (1497), the ordeal of the Conversos at the hands of the Portuguese Inquisition (1536-1821), and the massive emigration, and sometimes deportation, of Conversos to Brazil. Pt. B (pp. 49-263) analyzes the Jewish presence in the Spanish Río de la Plata where Portuguese Conversos sought refuge from 1580,...

"Fine research tool catalogs gubernatorial and viceregal edicts by date of declaration and indexes them topically, such as 'Celebraciones' and 'Marina,' and onomastically. Especially useful for social and municipal history of Buenos Aires"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.