Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Note on Spelling, Translations, and Currency ix
4. Map x
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 1 A Network of Jewish Families in the Early Modern Period The Road Toward Ghettoization 24
7. Chapter 2 Jewish Leaders, Their Circles, and Their Books Before the Inquisition A Parallel Story 64
8. Chapter 3 The Jewish Household Family Networks, Social Control, and Gendered Spaces 90
9. Chapter 4 The “Invisible” Wealth of Silver The Journey of the Formigginis from the Ghetto to the Ducal Court 127
10. Chapter 5 Jewish Female Agency in the Ghetto Mercantile Elite 177
11. Chapter 6 The Jewish Urban Geography of the Ghetto and Beyond 202
12. Chapter 7 Moisè Formiggini Before Napoleon Two Steps Toward Emancipation and One Step Back 237
13. Abbreviations 255
14. Notes 259
15. Bibliography 309
16. Index 339
17. Acknowledgments 353