Invisible Enlighteners : : The Jewish Merchants of Modena, from the Renaissance to the Emancipation / / Federica Francesconi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English
• VerfasserIn: Francesconi, Federica,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Jewish Culture and Contexts
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (400 p.) :; 10 halftones, 5 line art

Federica Francesconi writes the history of the Jewish merchants who lived and prospered in the northern Italian city of Modena, capital city of the Este Duchy, during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Her protagonists are men and women who stood out within their communities but who, despite...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Note on Spelling, Translations, and Currency
• Map
• 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
• Abbreviations
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index
• Acknowledgments