Jews and Magic in Medici Florence : The Secret World of Benedetto Blanis /

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"In the seventeenth century, Florence was the splendid capital of the Medici Grand Dukedom of Tuscany. Meanwhile, the Jews in its tiny Ghetto struggled to earn a living by any possible means, especially loan-sharking, rag-picking and second-hand dealing. They were viewed as an uncanny people wi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Goldberg, Edward L., 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2011
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Medici, Giovanni de', > 1567-1621.
Blanis, Benedetto, > approximately 1580-1647.
Blanis, Benedetto, > approximately 1580-1647 > Correspondence.
Manners and customs.
Jews > Social life and customs.
Jews.
HISTORY > Renaissance.
HISTORY > Europe > Italy.
Juifs > Italie > Florence > Biographies.
Juifs > Italie > Florence > Moeurs et coutumes > 17e siecle.
Jews > Italy > Florence > Biography.
Jews > Italy > Florence > Social life and customs > 17th century.
Italy > Florence.
Florence (Italy) > Social life and customs > 17th century.
Personal correspondence.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The piazza
  • The palace. The Medici family ; Palazzo Pitti ; Don Giovanni dei Medici ; Benedetto Blanis at court
  • The ghetto. Benedetto at home ; The Blanis family ; The creation of the ghetto ; Segregation, conversation, and confusion ; Ghetto government ; Benedetto's neighbours
  • The synagogue. The synagogue as it was ; On the bench ; Men of authority ; Quarrels and dissension ; Italians and Levantines
  • Memory and survival. The Jewish year ; Home and family ; Observance ; Justice and commandments
  • The market. Shopping ; Market and ghetto ; Blanis and sons ; Stolen goods ; Scrocchi Barocchi ; Rich Jews
  • Knowledge and power. Books ; Tree of Kabbalah ; Medicean planets ; Silver, gold, and grappa ; The fish pond
  • Games of chance. Porta al prato ; Risky business ; Jew mad Christian
  • The mirror of truth. On the road ; Venice ; The mirror of truth ; At home with Livia and Don Giovanni ; Fire at the fair ; Florence
  • The magic circle. Fellow travellers ; The late Cosimo Ridolfi ; The workshop ; The apprentice
  • Curious and forbidden books. Passover and Easter ; Days of scruples ; Holy cross ; Bad Jew ; Business as usual (I) ; Divine favours ; Jews and converts ; Business as usual (II)
  • Prison. Misery and woe ; Beginning of the end ; Cosmic battle ; Out of sight and out of mind
  • Habeas Corpus?

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