Mediterranean Enlightenment - Livornese Jews, Tuscan Culture, and Eighteenth-Century Reform (Hardcover)

The Mediterranean port of Livorno was home to one of the most prominent and privileged Jewish enclaves of early modern Europe. Focusing on Livornese Jewry, this book offers an alternative perspective on Jewish acculturation during the eighteenth century, and reassesses common assumptions about the interactions of Jews with outside culture and the impact of state reforms on the corporate Jewish community. Working from a vast array of previously untapped archival and literary sources, Francesca Bregoli combines cultural analysis with a study of institutional developments to investigate Jewish responses to Enlightenment thought and politics, as well as non-Jewish perceptions of Jews, through an exploration of Jewish-Christian cultural exchange, sites of sociability, and reformist policies. "Mediterranean Enlightenment" shows that Livornese Jewish scholars engaged with Enlightenment ideals and aspired to contribute to society at large without weakening the boundaries of traditional Jewish life. By arguing that the privileged status of Livorno Jewry had conservative rather than liberalizing effects, it also challenges the notion that economic utility facilitates Jewish integration, nuancing received wisdom about processes of emancipation in Europe.

General

Imprint:	Stanford University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture
Release date:	June 2014
First published:	2014
Authors:	Francesca Bregoli
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth / Cloth
Pages:	360
ISBN-13:	978-0-8047-8650-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Promotions
LSN:	0-8047-8650-X
Barcode:	9780804786508

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