Medici State and the Ghetto of Florence - The Construction of an Early Modern Jewish Community

Zusatztext "Ground-breaking and comprehensive in scope, The Medici State and the Ghetto of Florence offers readers an intriguing glimpse into an ofttimes overlooked aspect of Italian and Jewish history." Informationen zum Autor Stefanie Siegmund is Associate Professor of History and Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan. Klappentext "Boldly revisionist in its analysis of Jewish segregation, Siegmund's highly nuanced argument dovetails nicely with an emerging scholarly consensus regarding state formation and social discipline in early modern Italy."--CHOICE "This is an original, pioneering book..."--The Times Literary Supplement Zusammenfassung This 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.

Product details

• Authors: Stefanie Siegmund, Stefanie B Siegmund, Stefanie B. Siegmund
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.12.2005
• EAN: 9780804750783
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-5078-3
• No. of pages: 656
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 235 mm x 38 mm
• Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish His; Stanford Studies in Jewish History and C; Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture; Stanford Studies in Jewish His; Stanford Studies in Jewish History and C
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous