Storia degli ebrei italiani
Subtitle: un suggestivo viaggio attraverso i secoli per ripercorrere la lunga e travagliata vicenda delle comunità ebraiche del nostro paese, per scoprirne le origini, le tradizioni, la cultura, i contrasti, le tragedie, il contributo insostituibile che hanno dato alla storia d'Italia
By: Luciano Tas ; introduzione di Giovanni Spadolini.
Edition: 1a ed.
Series: Quest'Italia ;; 113
Publisher: Newton Compton
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Roma
Language: ita
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Jews -- Italy -- History.; Italy -- Ethnic relations.
Description: An illustrated history of the Jews in Italy from Roman times to the present. Describes Roman Christian and Byzantine restrictive legislation, the introduction of the Inquisition, and the restriction of Jews to the practice of medicine and usury. Refers to the expulsion from the Spanish-ruled lands in Sicily and Sardinia and to the repeated accusations of ritual murder, such as that of Simon of Trent (1475). Pp. 139-168 discuss the anti-Jewish racial laws of 1938 and the deportation to extermination camps. Also discusses Jewish-Christian relations in Italy since the end of World War II and anti-Jewish, anti-Israel manifestations.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [249]-250.
Includes index.