The Medici state and the ghetto of Florence : the construction of an early modern Jewish community / Stefanie B. Siegmund.

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2006.

xxiv, 624 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Residential segregation in religious and political contexts -- State-building and the status of the Jews -- Before the ghetto : the settlement and connections of Jews in Tuscany -- Staging the expulsion : the proceedings against the Jews -- Locating, financing, and constructing the ghetto -- Populating the ghetto -- A new Tuscan commune : centralization and semi-autonomy in the Medici state -- Measuring lengths and distances in the ghetto and city : economic parameters -- From virilocal to local : marriage in the Florentine ghetto -- The developing early modern Jewish community and the continuing redefinition of Jewishness.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [565]-589) and index.

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