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Surviving the Ghetto

2020, Surviving the Ghetto. Toward a Social History of the Jewish Community in 16th-Century Rome

https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004431195

With this English edition of Surviving the Ghetto, Serena Di Nepi traces the troubled and compelling history of the birth of the ghetto in sixteenth-century Rome. From the arrival of the Sephardim to the Italian wars, and the incredible story of an accusation of ritual homicide that was never made, the research sketches a picture of Jewish society, its institutions and its ruling class during the first fifty years of segregation. How did Jews react to the ghetto? Did their institutional organization change, and how? What was the impact of the restrictive laws regarding their professions and their working environment? What was the role of the rabbis in such a problematic moment? What became of Rome’s Jewish bankers? This book addresses these questions.

Surviving the Ghetto Toward a Social History of the Jewish Community in 16th-Century Rome Author: Serena Di Nepi With this English edition of Surviving the Ghetto, Serena Di Nepi traces the troubled and compelling history of the birth of the ghetto in sixteenth-century Rome. From the arrival of the Sephardim to the Italian wars, and the incredible story of an accusation of ritual homicide that was never made, the research sketches a picture of Jewish society, its institutions and its ruling class during the rst fty years of segregation. How did Jews react to the ghetto? Did their institutional organization change, and how? What was the impact of the restrictive laws regarding their professions and their working environment? What was the role of the rabbis in such a problematic moment? What became of Rome’s Jewish bankers? This book addresses these questions. Readership All interested in the history of Jews in Early Modern Europe, particularly Italy, and anyone interested in the history of Jewish societies’ cultural and political relations with the Christian world. For more information see brill.com Order information: Order online at brill.com The Americas: 1 (860) 350 0041 | [email protected] Outside the Americas: 44 (0) 1767 604-954 | [email protected] Submission information: brill.com/authors Language: English Subjects: History & Culture, Jewish Studies, Jewish History & Culture, History, Early Modern History, History Publisher: Brill Series: Studies in Jewish History and Culture, Volume: 65 E-Book (PDF) Publication Date: 07 Dec 2020 ISBN: 978-90-04-43119-5 List price EUR €144.00 / USD $173.00 Hardback Publication Date: 10 Dec 2020 ISBN: 978-90-04-43118-8 List price EUR €144.00 / USD $173.00