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Jews and Magic in Medici Florence: The Secret World of Benedetto Blanis (Toronto Italian Studies)
Jews and Magic in Medici Florence The Secret World of Benedetto Blanis - Toronto Italian Studies
Author: Edward L. Goldberg
In the seventeenth century, Florence was the splendid capital of the Medici Grand Dukedom of Tuscany. Meanwhile, the Jews in its tiny Ghetto struggled to earn a living by any possible means, especially loan-sharking, rag-picking and second-hand dealing. They were viewed as an uncanny people with rare supernatural powers, and Benedetto Blanis?a b...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781442642256
ISBN-10: 1442642254
Publication Date: 3/20/2011
Pages: 336
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Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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