Cultural Change Among the Jews of Early Modern Italy

Cultural Change Among the Jews of Early Modern Italy - Variorum Collected Studies Series

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Publisher's Synopsis

The articles collected in this volume display Robert Bonfil's pioneering reappraisal of the economic and socio-cultural history of the Jews of Italy during the Renaissance and the early modern period, focusing on their encounter with and incorporation into the Italian society that surrounded them. Rather than thinking in terms of challenge and response, and the passive surrender of the Jews to the influence of their Christian surroundings, Bonfil's exploration of the evidence shows it mirroring their conscious choice to preserve a distinctive Jewish identity while at the same time being an integral part of the socio-economic and cultural fabric of the environment in which they lived. Rejecting the ideological assumptions of both the lachrymose and anti-lachrymose conceptions of Jewish history, these are articles which provide stimulating explorations of the realities of the era, and paradigms and case studies of the processes of cultural adjustment to the impact of constantly changing otherness.

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Book information

ISBN: 9781409400165
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
DEWEY: 945.004924
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 342
Weight: 752g
Height: 161mm
Width: 232mm
Spine width: 28mm