Note on Translation, Dates and Currency

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Maps and Figures ix
4. Tables x
5. Acknowledgments xi
6. Preface xv
7. A Chronology of Select Events Related to the Ghettoization xxi
8. Note on Translation, Dates and Currency xxiii
9. Introduction: Early Modern Boundaries and the Place of the Jews 1
10. Part I: The Segregation of Jews and the Spatialization of Power
11. 1. Residential Segregation: Religious and Political Contexts 51
12. 2. State-Building and the Status of the Jews 88
13. 3. Before the Ghetto: The Settlement and Connections of Jews in Tuscany 135
14. Part II: The Construction of the Ghetto
15. 4. Staging the Expulsion: The Proceedings Against the Jews 171
16. 5. Locating, Financing and Constructing the Ghetto 201
17. 6. Populating the Ghetto 223
18. Part III: A New Tuscan Commune and Religious Community
19. 7. A New Tuscan Commune: Centralization and Semi-Autonomy in the Medici State 241
20. 8. Measuring Lengths and Distances in the Ghetto and City: Economic Parameters 292
21. 9. From Virilocal to Local: Marriage in the Florentine Ghetto 332
22. 10. The Developing Early Modern Jewish Community and the Continuing Redefinition of Jewishness 386
23. Conclusion 407
24. Abbreviations 415
25. Notes 417
26. Works Cited 565
27. Index 591