[PDF.40gg] Jews and Magic in Medici Florence: The Secret World of Benedetto Blanis (Toronto Italian Studies (Paperback))

Jews and Magic in Medici Florence: The Secret World of Benedetto Blanis (Toronto Italian Studies (Paperback))

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 | #1654433 in Books |  2011-08-06 | Ingredients: Example Ingredients | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.05 x.94 x6.05l,1.30 | File type: PDF | 366 pages

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||9 of 11 people found the following review helpful.| Great case study-new material and well written|By R. Goldberg|I have an abiding interest in Jewish history and the book gave a clear sense of the life and struggles of a Jew in the Medici Florence Italian Ghetto. Although I am aware in general of the impact of the inquisition and the shifting fortunes of Jews in the diaspora, the case study really put me in touch with the deta| |‘Goldberg has sifted the correspondence between Blanis and Don Giovanni, rich with two hundred letters, plus other archival sources, in order to deduce a new image of Counter Reformation Tuscany. ’ (Giulio Busi; Storia Moderna: October 2011

In the seventeenth century, Florence was the splendid capital of the Medici Grand Dukedom of Tuscany. Meanwhile, the Jews in its tiny Ghetto struggled to earn a living by any possible means, especially loan-sharking, rag-picking and second-hand dealing. They were viewed as an uncanny people with rare supernatural powers, and Benedetto Blanis—a businessman and aspiring scholar from a distinguished Ghetto dynasty—sought to parlay his alleged mastery of astro...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.Jews and Magic in Medici Florence: The Secret World of Benedetto Blanis (Toronto Italian Studies (Paperback))   |  Edward L. Goldberg. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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