Catholic Spectacle and Rome's Jews : Early Modern Conversion and Resistance /

A new investigation that shows how conversionary preaching to Jews was essential to the early modern Catholic Church and the Roman religious landscapeStarting in the sixteenth century, Jews in Rome were forced, every Saturday, to attend a hostile sermon aimed at their conversion. They were made to m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Michelson, Emily (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Catholic Church > Relations > Judaism.
HISTORY / Renaissance.
Judaism > Relations > Catholic Church.
Rome > Religion > Histoire.
Rome > Religion > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes on the Text
  • Introduction, with Pig
  • Chapter 1. The World of Conversion in Early Modern Rome
  • Chapter 2. How Sermons to Jews Worked
  • Chapter 3. The Careers of Preachers
  • Chapter 4. Sermons to Jews and the Public
  • Chapter 5. Preaching Traditions and Change
  • Chapter 6. Saints, Turks, and Heretics: Gregorio Boncompagni Corcos and Early Modern Catholicism
  • Chapter 7. Jewish Responses
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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