{"product_id":"the-medici-state-and-the-ghetto-of-florence-9780804750783","title":"The Medici State and the Ghetto of Florence","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book explores the decision of Grand Duke Cosimo I de' Medici to create a ghetto in Florence, and explains how a Jewish community developed out of that forced population transfer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Thanks to this well-documented work by Stefanie B. Siegmund, we now have a reliable account of . . . the creation of the florentine ghetto in 1570.\" -- Brendan Dooley * \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of the Classical Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"This is an original, pioneering book . . . \" -- \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book has been lauded and recognized by two prestigious prizes and is already being cited as marking a new path in the study of Jewish-Christian relations in premodern Europe . . . the book is nothing if not stimulating and will remain the touchstone for all future research into Florentine Jewish history in this period.\" -- \u003ci\u003eRenaissance Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A richly-detailed study . . . The ghetto, whatever the specific circumstances of its creation, represented order at the expense of liberty. But Siegmund has made it more difficult to generalize indiscriminately and facilely.\" -- \u003ci\u003eCatholic Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Boldly revisionist in its analysis of Jewish segregation, Siegmunds highly nuanced argument dovetails nicely with an emerging scholarly consensus regarding state formation and social discipline in early modern Italy.\" -- \u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ground-breaking and comprehensive in scope, \u003ci\u003eThe Medici State and the Ghetto of Florence\u003c\/i\u003e offers readers an intriguing glimpse into an ofttimes overlooked aspect of Italian and Jewish history.\" -- \u003ci\u003eHistory in Review\u003c\/i\u003ex","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405560291671,"sku":"9780804750783","price":66.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804750783.jpg?v=1730492834","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-medici-state-and-the-ghetto-of-florence-9780804750783","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}