CART go to cart ▶
Books
Total
FREE SHIPPING COSTS
FOR ORDERS OVER
35 € TO ITALY
70 € TO EUROPElimits and conditions
▶
#327591 Religioni

Forced Baptism. Histories of Jews, Christians, and Converts in Papal Rome.

Author:
Curator: Traduz. di Lydia G. Cochrane.
Publisher: Univeristy of California Press.
Date of publ.:
Details: cm.15x22, pp.317, legatura editoriale con sopraccoperta figurata,

Abstract: This book makes use of newly available archival sources to reexamine the Roman Catholic Church?s policy, from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, of coercing the Jews of Rome into converting to Christianity. Marina Caffiero, one of the first historians permitted access to important archives, sets individual stories of denunciation, betrayal, pleading, and conflict into historical context to highlight the Church?s actions and the Jewish response. Caffiero documents the regularity with which Jews were abducted from the Roman ghetto and pressured to accept baptism. She analyzes why some Jewish men, interested in gaining a business advantage, were more inclined to accept conversion than the women. The book exposes the complexity of relations between the papacy and the Jews, revealing the Church not as a monolithic entity, but as a network of competing institutions, and affirming the Roman Jews as active agents of resistance.

EAN: 9780520254510
EUR 14.00
2 copies
Add to Cart

See also...

#47310 Religioni
Roma, Edizioni dell'Ateneo 1971, cm.15,5x24, pp.208, brossura Stato di nuovo. Coll.Storia.
EUR 18.08
-61%
EUR 7.00
Available

Recently viewed...

#270883 Fumetti
New York, DC Comics 2003, cm.17x26, pp.176, paperback. Volume four in this outstanding and innovative new Titan series continues the incredible evolution of the new Batgirl, Cassandra Cain - the successor to original Batgirl Barbara Gordon. Having been brought back from the dead and fought demigoddess Shiva to a standstill in a bitter, savage brawl, Batgirl is beyond exhaustion. Then, when all she needs is a good night's sleep, she is called upon to help Batman when his alter-ego, Bruce Wayne, is accused of murder! Guest-starring a host of classic crime-fighters, including Batman and Robin, this new Batgirl graphic novel feeds directly into the very heart of the Batman mythology!

EAN: 9781840238204
EUR 9.90
Last copy