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Author: Flora Cassen (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 23.00cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 15.00cm
Weight: 0.340kg
ISBN: 9781316627471
ISBN 10: 1316627470
Pages: 233
Publication Date: 26 March 2020
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
'In this fascinating study, instead of focusing on the better-known Venice, Rome, and Florence and their ghettos, Flora Cassen has chosen to concentrate on northern Italy in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and the under-studied areas of Piedmont, the Duchy of Milan, and Genoa, where Jewish communities were small. ... a stimulating and informative contribution to Jewish-Christian studies.' Christopher F. Black, Renaissance and Reformation 'Cassen's book takes us beyond a simplified interpretation of the Jewish badge as a means to make Jews recognizable. ... It certainly speaks not only to scholars of Renaissance Italy but also to anybody interested in mechanisms of social inclusion and exclusion in medieval and early modern Jewish history, including graduate students.' Cornelia Aust, H-Judaic 'Cassen's study will guide students into the rich possibilities and complexities of archival research and will serve as the English point of reference for any future study of the real-life context of the Jewish badge.' Bernard Dov Cooperman, The American Historical Review 'In this fascinating study, instead of focusing on the better-known Venice, Rome, and Florence and their ghettos, Flora Cassen has chosen to concentrate on northern Italy in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and the under-studied areas of Piedmont, the Duchy of Milan, and Genoa, where Jewish communities were small. ... a stimulating and informative contribution to Jewish-Christian studies.' Christopher F. Black, Renaissance and Reformation 'Cassen's book takes us beyond a simplified interpretation of the Jewish badge as a means to make Jews recognizable. ... It certainly speaks not only to scholars of Renaissance Italy but also to anybody interested in mechanisms of social inclusion and exclusion in medieval and early modern Jewish history, including graduate students.' Cornelia Aust, H-Judaic 'Cassen's study will guide students into the rich possibilities and complexities of archival research and will serve as the English point of reference for any future study of the real-life context of the Jewish badge.' Bernard Dov Cooperman, The American Historical Review
Author Information
Flora Cassen is Associate Professor of History and JMA and Sonja Van der Horst Scholar in Jewish History and Culture, both at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on the history of Jews in early modern Italy, Spain, and the Mediterranean. She has published articles on these subjects in the Association for Jewish Studies Review and The Journal of Early Modern History.
