Forced Baptisms - Histories of Jews, Christians, and Converts in Papal Rome

Zusatztext "This absolutely splendid research is destined to be a hallmark of scholarship in years to come." Informationen zum Autor Marina Caffiero is Professor of History at the University of Rome ”La Sapienza.” She is the author of many books and editor of Sources for Women’s History . Lydia G. Cochrane has translated many books for university presses. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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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• Authors: Marina Caffiero, Caffiero Marina
• Assisted by: Lydia Cochrane (Translation), Lydia G. Cochrane (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2011
• EAN: 9780520254510
• ISBN: 978-0-520-25451-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, European History, HISTORY / Jewish, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Italy, Jewish Studies, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities