Jews and Magic in Medici Florence


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JEWS AND MAGIC IN MEDICI FLORENCE:
THE SECRET WORLD OF BENEDETTO BLANIS
University of Toronto Press - Toronto Italian Studies


TABLE OF CONTENTS


CHAPTER ONE: THE PIAZZA

CHAPTER TWO: THE PALACE
The Medici Family – Palazzo Pitti – Don Giovanni dei Medici – Benedetto Blanis at Court

CHAPTER THREE: THE GHETTO
Benedetto at Home – The Blanis Family – The Creation of the Ghetto – Segregation, Conversation, and Confusion – Ghetto Government – Benedetto’s Neighbors

CHAPTER FOUR: THE SYNAGOGUE
The Synagogue as It Was – On the Bench – Men of Authority – Quarrels and Dissension – Italians and Levantines

CHAPTER FIVE: MEMORY AND SURVIVAL
The Jewish Year – Home and Family – Observance – Justice and Commandments

CHAPTER SIX: THE MARKET
Shopping – Market and Ghetto – Blanis and Sons – Stolen Goods – Scrocchi Barocchi – Rich Jews

CHAPTER SEVEN: KNOWLEDGE AND POWER
Books – Tree of Kabbalah – Medicean Planets – Silver, Gold, and Grappa – The Fish Pond

CHAPTER EIGHT: GAMES OF CHANCE
Porta al Prato – Risky Business – Jew Made Christian

CHAPTER NINE: THE MIRROR OF TRUTH
On the Road – Venice – The Mirror of Truth – At Home with Livia and Don Giovanni – Fire at the Fair – Florence

CHAPTER TEN: THE MAGIC CIRCLE
Fellow Travellers – The Late Cosimo Ridolfi – The Workshop – The Apprentice

CHAPTER ELEVEN: CURIOUS AND FORBIDDEN BOOKS
Passover and Easter – Days of Scruples – Holy Cross – Bad Jew – Business as Usual (I) – Divine Favours – Jews and Converts  – Business as Usual (II)

CHAPTER TWELVE: PRISON
Misery and Woe – Beginning of the End – Cosmic Battle – Out of Sight and out of Mind

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: HABEAS CORPUS?

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX


Illustration: Florence, The Former Ghetto in the Late Nineteenth Century (before demolition)