Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. The Diary 9
7. 2. Crises 54
8. 3. The Roman Ghetto 68
9. 4. The Confessional State 79
10. 5. Conversion and the State 91
11. 6. Under Papal Rule 113
12. 7. Legal Obstacles 122
13. 8. The Jews’ Defenders 138
14. 9. Jewish and Christian Awareness 156
15. Appendix I: Leo XIII The Encyclical Immortale Dei of 1885 165
16. Appendix II: Conversion and Innovation in Canon Law 168
17. Appendix III: The Limits of Port Jewry’s Achievements 171
18. Appendix IV: Lorenzo Virgulti (1685–1735) 175
19. Notes 181
20. Glossary 256
21. Bibliography 259
22. Index 279