Katherine Aron-Beller

Jews on trial

The Papal Inquisition in Modena, 1598-1638

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the Papal Inquisition in Modena and the status of Jews in an early modern Italian duchy. Its purpose is to deepen existing insights into the role of the former and thus lead to a better understanding of how the tribunal assumed jurisdiction over a practicing Jewish community in the seventeenth century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 450g
• ISBN-13: 9781526106612
• ISBN-10: 1526106612
• Artikelnr.: 45357186

Autorenporträt

Katherine Aron-Beller is On-line Adjunct Professor at Gratz College of Jewish Studies and Lecturer at the International School in Tel Aviv University

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: The Inquisition and disciplining Jews 1. Jews, Papal
Inquisitors, and the Estense Dukes 2. Procedure and reaction Part II: A
study of Jewish offences in different settings 3. The Jewish household:
Jewish masters and Christian servants 4. The Piazza: verbal offences on the
streets of Modena Part III: Micro-history 5. The Jew's balcony: a tale of a
young Jewess's flirtation with Christianity 6. The Pingolo: a locus for
Jewish fantasy 7. Proselytizing at Purim Conclusion Index