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Jews on Trial

The Papal Inquisition in Modena, 1598-1638. Studies in Early Modern European History

By (author) Katherine Aron-Beller
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Manchester University Press, Manchester, United Kingdom
Published: 7th Sep 2016
Dimensions: w 149mm h 246mm d 12mm
Weight: 500g
ISBN-10: 1526106612
ISBN-13: 9781526106612
Barcode No: 9781526106612
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Synopsis
Jews on trial concentrates on Inquisitorial activity during the period which historians have argued was the most active in the Inquisition's history: the first forty years of the tribunal in Modena, from 1598 to 1638, the year of the Jews' enclosure in the ghetto. Scholars have in the past tended to group trials of Jews and conversos in Italy together. This book emphasises the fundamental disparity in Inquisitorial procedure, as well as the evidence examined, and argues that this was especially true in Modena where the secular authority did not have the power during the period in question to reject, or even significantly monitor, Inquisitorial trial procedure. It draws upon the detailed testimony to be found in trial transcripts to analyse Jewish interaction with Christian society in an early modern community. This book will appeal to scholars of inquisitorial studies, social and cultural interaction in early modern Europe, Jewish Italian social history and anti-Semitism. -- .

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'Jews on trial is a welcome contribution to the study of early modern Papal Inquisition and Italian Jewish history. Its finding raise many important questions that will no doubt propel further research.'
Magda Teter, The Journal of Early Modern Studies, Vol XLIII, No. 4 -- .