The Medici state and the ghetto of Florence : the construction of an early modern Jewish community / Stefanie B. Siegmund.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Siegmund, Stefanie B. (Stefanie Beth)

Contributor:

American Council of Learned Societies.

Series:

Stanford series in Jewish history and culture.

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Stanford series in Jewish history and culture / edited by Aron Rodrigue and Steven J. Zipperstein

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Italy--Florence--History.

Jews.

Jewish ghettos--Italy--Florence--History.

Jewish ghettos.

Jewish ghettos--History--Italy--Florence.

Florence (Italy)--Ethnic relations.

Florence (Italy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 624 p. ) ill., map ;

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Residential segregation in religious and political contexts

State-building and the status of the Jews

Before the ghetto : the settlement and connections of Jews in Tuscany

Staging the expulsion : the proceedings against the Jews

Locating, financing, and constructing the ghetto

Populating the ghetto

A new Tuscan commune : centralization and semi-autonomy in the Medici state

Measuring lengths and distances in the ghetto and city : economic parameters

From virilocal to local : marriage in the Florentine ghetto

The developing early modern Jewish community and the continuing redefinition of Jewishness.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [565]-589) and index.

ISBN:

9780804750783

0804750785

Publisher Number:

2027/heb06212 hdl