Description
Book SynopsisThis 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.
Trade Review'Jews on trial is a welcome contribution to the study of early modern Papal Inquisition and Italian Jewish history. Its finding raise many important questions that will no doubt propel further research.'
Magda Teter, The Journal of Early Modern Studies, Vol XLIII, No. 4
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Table of ContentsList 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
