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Author Francesconi, Federica, author

Title Invisible enlighteners : the Jewish merchants of Modena, from the Renaissance to the emancipation / Federica Francesconi
Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (355 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Jewish culture and contexts
Jewish culture and contexts.
Contents Cover -- Invisible Enlighteners -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Note on Spelling, Translations, and Currency -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. A Network of Jewish Families in the Early Modern Period: The Road Toward Ghettoization -- Chapter 2. Jewish Leaders, Their Circles, and Their Books Before the Inquisition: A Parallel Story -- Chapter 3. The Jewish Household: Family Networks, Social Control, and Gendered Spaces -- Chapter 4. The "Invisible" Wealth of Silver: The Journey of the Formigginis from the Ghetto to the Ducal Court
Chapter 5. Jewish Female Agency in the Ghetto Mercantile Elite -- Chapter 6. The Jewish Urban Geography of the Ghetto and Beyond -- Chapter 7. Moisè Formiggini Before Napoleon: Two Steps Toward Emancipation and One Step Back -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments
Summary In Invisible Enlighteners, Federica Francesconi writes the history of the Jewish merchants who prospered in the northern Italian city of Modena during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Their sociocultural transformation and legal and political integration evolved through a dialogue between their Italian and Jewish identities
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed June 21, 2021)
Subject Jewish merchants -- Italy -- Modena -- History -- 17th century
Jewish merchants -- Italy -- Modena -- History -- 18th century
Jews -- Italy -- Modena -- History -- 17th century
Jews -- Italy -- Modena -- History -- 18th century
HISTORY -- Jewish.
Jewish merchants
Jews
Social conditions
SUBJECT Modena (Italy) -- Social conditions -- 17th century
Modena (Italy) -- Social conditions -- 18th century
Subject Italy -- Modena
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0812299620
9780812299625