The Story of the Jews: the Long Exile (1492-1700)
About This Novel
British historian Simon Schama, through forty years of academic wandering and precipitation, archeology, textual research and research, has unfolded for us a large picture of Jewish history spanning multiple continents and centuries. This book is the second part of the "The Story of the Jews" series, which spans 1492 to 1700. It follows the previous work "The Story of the Jews: Searching for the Lost Characters (1000 BC to 1492 AD)" in terms of time period. From point to point, it narrates the sad history of Jewish displacement, difficult integration, and business activities in Europe and Asia for more than 200 years. In 70 AD, with the burning of the Second Temple by the Romans, the Jews entered the "Great Diaspora" period in history. Most of them dispersed as refugees to various parts of Europe, especially countries along the Mediterranean Sea. After losing their land and leaving their homeland, the Jews had to survive in the cracks of material and spiritual persecution. Generations of Jews on the long road of exile began to search for their geographical home and spiritual sustenance. Whether they were trekking on the road to escape or on the way to hawking, whether before being pushed to the stake or sitting on the banker's throne, they never forgot their original intention and the root of their homesickness - Zion, because that was the final destination of their entire bodies and minds. Putting himself in the shoes of an interlocutor, the author hopes to present to the general reader a post-medieval Jewish history, a comprehensive assessment of the common Jewish experience, because in our age of constant anxiety, the Jewish search for home resonates more than ever.
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