Jews on trial the Papal Inquisition in Modena, 1598–1638

Jews on trial concentrates on Inquisitorial activity during the period which historians have argued was the most active in the Inquisition’s history: the first forty years of the tribunal in Modena, from 1598 to 1638, the year of the Jews’ enclosure in the ghetto. Scholars have in the past tended to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Aron-Beller, Katherine, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press 2020
Manchester, UK : 2011.
[2020]
Colección:Studies in early modern European history.
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430286906719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of plates
  • Preface
  • List of abbreviations
  • Maps
  • Introduction
  • part one: the Inquisition and disciplining Jews
  • 1. Jews, Papal Inquisitors, and the Estense Dukes
  • 2. Procedure and reaction
  • part two: 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 three: 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.