The Medici state and the ghetto of Florence
Subtitle: the construction of an early modern Jewish community
By: Stefanie B. Siegmund.
Series: Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 624
Subjects: Jews -- Italy -- Florence -- History; Jewish ghettos -- Italy -- Florence -- History; Florence (Italy) -- Ethnic relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Residential segregation in religious and political context; title: State-building and the status of the Jews; title: Before the ghetto : the settlement and connections of Jews in Tuscany; title: Staging the expulsion : the proceedings against the Jews; title: Locating, financing, and constructing the ghetto; title: Populating the ghetto; title: A new Tuscan commune : centralization and semi-autonomy in the Medici state; title: Measuring lengths and distances in the ghetto and city : economic parameters; title: From virilocal to local : marriage in the Florentine ghetto; title: The developing early modern Jewish community and the continuing redefinition of Jewishness.