Gracia Nasi (geb. 1510 in Portugal; gest. 1569 with Konstantinopel; Christian baptismal name: Beatrice de Luna Miques) was a remarkable Jewish sephardische woman of the Renaissance, her led the bank "“House OF Mendes/Nasi"”, was Diplomatin, Philanthropin and as such became it the Retterin of its people.

Biografie

Gracia Nasi in the shade of the Inquisition born as a daughter of a wealthy marranischen family.

1528 married it in the cathedral of Lisbon Francisco Mendes (so its catholic name, its Jewish name was Semah Bemvisto - or Benveniste), which likewise originated from a wealthy, marranischen family. The Mendes family possessed a large banking house, with connections to France and Flanders. After the Christian wedding for the catholic public, the pair marries inclusive Ketuba also after Jewish rite.

As it 1536, with 27 years, widow became, pulled it to Antwerp to their brother-in-law Diogo Mendes (Meir Benviste). After its death 1542 it inherited the fortune of the family Mendes and proved as an excellent and courageous 1544 left it Antwerp and traveled several years with its daughter, its sister, its daughter-in-law and its son-in-law through completely Europe. In Ferrara it was active as and gave among other things to 1550 the first translation of the Bible to the Spanish in order, the "“Ferrara Bible"”. Two expenditures were printed by this translation: one for Christian, the other one for Jews, whom no Hebrew could read. 1553 established themselves Gracia Nasi and its nephew Joseph Nasi in the Osmani realm, where them resumed their trade with Venice and Italy with partially built ships. It admits Jews before pursuit by the Inquisition in security to have brought then it acquired a messuage in the city Tiberias in Israel from the Sultan I. and created a Jewish settlement, which existed only briefly however.

Literature

• Cecil Roth: Dona Gracia OF the House OF Nasi, The Jewish Publication Society OF America, Philadelphia, 1948.
• Bea Stadtler: The story OF Dona Gracia Mendes. United Synagogue Commission on Jewish Education, 1969.
• Naomi rising up: The Ghost OF Hannah Mendes. Simon & shoemaker, 1998. (Novel, weaves the history of the historical heroine with the woman family history of a sephardischen family)
• Gad Nassi, Rebecca Toueg: Gracia Nasi. Tel Aviv: Abbott for education, Women's internationally Zionist organization 1990.
• Catherine La Senora, Calmann 1992.
• Aelion Brooks: The Woman Who Defied Kings. Paragon House 2002. (extensive, again investigated to biography over Gracia Nasi)
• Levine Melammed: Heretics or Daughters OF - The Crypto Jewish Women OF Castile. Oxford University press, the USA, new OD edition, 2002.
• Marianna D. Birnbaum: The Long Journey OF Gracia Mendes. Cent ral European University press, 2003. (Novel, describes the marranische culture in Western Europe un in the Muslim Orient)

Related links

• Gracia Nasi on www.hagalil.com
• Gracia (English)

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