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Feeding the eternal city : Jewish and Christian butchers in the Roman ghetto /

"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 enab...

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Main Author: Stow, Kenneth R. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2024.
Series:I tatti studies in Italian renaissance history
Subjects:
Catholic Church > Relations > Judaism.
Église catholique > Relations > Judaïsme.
Jews > Italy > Rome > History.
Shehitah.
Jews > Dietary laws.
Butchers (Persons) > Italy > Rome > History.
Slaughtering and slaughter-houses > Italy > Rome > History.
Judaism > Relations > Catholic Church.
Jews (Canon law)
Jews > Italy > Rome > Social conditions.
Rome (Italy) > Ethnic relations.
Rome (Italy) > History > 1420-1798.
Rome (Italy) > History > 1798-1870.
Juifs > Italie > Rome > Histoire.
Sheḥiṭa.
Judaïsme > Relations > Église catholique.
Rome (Italie) > Histoire > 1420-1798.
Rome (Italie) > Histoire > 1798-1870.

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