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Book Title: Sephardic Frontier : the Reconquista and the Jewish Community in Medieval Iberia
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Jonathan Ray
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Europe / Medieval, Jewish
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: History
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
