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Makes use of archival sources to reexamine the Roman Catholic Church's policy, from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, of coercing the Jews of Rome into converting to Christianity. This title documents the regularity with which Jews were abducted from the Roman ghetto and pressured to accept baptism.

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Preface 1. Negotiated Relations: Popes, the Church, the Jews 2. Favor fidei: The Birth of a New Jurisprudence 3. Offerings of Jewish Infants to the Catholic Faith 4. Cruel Grandparents 5. Denunciations and Retractions 6. Baptisms, Doctrines, Rites, and Symbols 7. Plural Identities: Neophytes Male and Female Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/12/2011
      ISBN13: 9780520254510, 978-0520254510
      ISBN10: 0520254511
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Makes use of archival sources to reexamine the Roman Catholic Church's policy, from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, of coercing the Jews of Rome into converting to Christianity. This title documents the regularity with which Jews were abducted from the Roman ghetto and pressured to accept baptism.

      Trade Review
      "This absolutely splendid research is destined to be a hallmark of scholarship in years to come." Catholic Library World

      Table of Contents
      Preface 1. Negotiated Relations: Popes, the Church, the Jews 2. Favor fidei: The Birth of a New Jurisprudence 3. Offerings of Jewish Infants to the Catholic Faith 4. Cruel Grandparents 5. Denunciations and Retractions 6. Baptisms, Doctrines, Rites, and Symbols 7. Plural Identities: Neophytes Male and Female Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

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