Catholic Spectacle and Rome's Jews: Early Modern Conversion and Resistance

by Emily Michelson

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A new investigation that shows how conversionary preaching to Jews was essential to the early modern Catholic Church and the Roman religious landscape

Starting in the sixteenth century, Jews in Rome were forced, every Saturday, to attend a hostile sermon aimed at their conversion. Harshly policed, they were made to march en masse toward the sermon and sit through it, all the while scrutinized by local Christians, foreign visitors,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691233411

ISBN13:9780691233413

Release Date:February 2024

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:352 Pages

Weight:1.19 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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History Religion Religion & Spirituality

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