Informationen zum Autor Katherine Aron-Beller is On-line Adjunct Professor at Gratz College of Jewish Studies and Lecturer at the International School in Tel Aviv University Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis List of platesPrefaceList of abbreviationsMapsIntroductionPart one: the Inquisition and disciplining Jews1. Jews, Papal Inquisitors, and the Estense Dukes2. Procedure and reactionPart two: a study of Jewish offences in different settings3. The Jewish household: Jewish masters and Christian servants 4. The Piazza: verbal offences on the streets of ModenaPart three: micro-history 5. The Jew's balcony: a tale of a young Jewess's flirtation with Christianity6. The Pingolo: a locus for Jewish fantasy7. Proselytizing at PurimConclusionIndex

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

Klappentext

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.

Inhalt

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