Feeding the eternal city: Jewish and Christian butchers in the Roman ghetto
Between 1555 and 1870, papal authorities created legal roadblocks to keep Romes ghetto-bound Jews from obtaining kosher meat. But Jewish butchers found ways to circumvent canon law by working with their Christian counterparts. Kenneth Stow describes this complex collaboration, which enabled Jews to...
| Summary: | Between 1555 and 1870, papal authorities created legal roadblocks to keep Romes ghetto-bound Jews from obtaining kosher meat. But Jewish butchers found ways to circumvent canon law by working with their Christian counterparts. Kenneth Stow describes this complex collaboration, which enabled Jews to maintain their traditions in a hostile city "Between 1555 and 1870, the Catholic Church made it nearly impossible for Rome's ghetto-bound Jews to obtain kosher meat legally. But Jewish butchers circumvented canon law with the help of their Christian counterparts. Kenneth Stow describes these slaughterhouse collaborations, which enabled Jews to maintain their traditions in a hostile territory"-- |
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| Item Description: | Zielgruppe: 5PGJ, Bezug zu Juden und jüdischen Gruppen |
| Physical Description: | 276 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-29739-5 |
