Federica Francesconi

Invisible Enlighteners

The Jewish Merchants of Modena, from the Renaissance to the Emancipation

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Produktbeschreibung

In Invisible Enlighteners, Federica Francesconi writes the history of the Jewish merchants who prospered in the northern Italian city of Modena during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Their sociocultural transformation and legal and political integration evolved through a dialogue between their Italian and Jewish identities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 662g
• ISBN-13: 9780812253146
• ISBN-10: 0812253140
• Artikelnr.: 60319143

Autorenporträt

Federica Francesconi is on the faculty of History and is the Director of the Judaic Studies Program at the University at Albany, State University of New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Note on Spelling, Translations, and Currency
Introduction
Chapter 1. A Network of Jewish Families in the Early Modern Period: The
Road Toward Ghettoization
Chapter 2. Jewish Leaders, Their Circles, and Their Books Before the
Inquisition: A Parallel Story
Chapter 3. The Jewish Household: Family Networks, Social Control, and
Gendered Spaces
Chapter 4. The "Invisible" Wealth of Silver: The Journey of the Formigginis
from the Ghetto to the Ducal Court
Chapter 5. Jewish Female Agency in the Ghetto Mercantile Elite
Chapter 6. The Jewish Urban Geography of the Ghetto and Beyond
Chapter 7. Moisè Formiggini Before Napoleon: Two Steps Toward Emancipation
and One Step Back
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments