Jews on Trial: The Papal Inquisition in Modena, 1598-1638

by Katherine Aron-Beller

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526106612
• ISBN13: 9781526106612
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"