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Jewish theatre-making in Mantua, 1520-1650

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This volume traces how the Jews of Mantua, beginning in 1520 and continuing until 1650, established theatrical performance as a form of cultural exchange that could be used to calibrate their relations with the Christian community.

Title Jewish theatre-making in Mantua, 1520-1650 / Erith Jaffe-Berg. [electronic resource]
Edition First edition.
Publisher Leeds : Arc Humanities Press
Creation Date 2023
Notes Previously issued in print: 2022.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Content Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- Figure 1. Map of Northern Italy with cities with significant Jewish contribution to theatre- making in Italy, 1520– 1650. Copyright Christian Harder, Esri -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Introduction: “Under the Happy Shadow and Secure Protection” -- Chapter 2. Beginnings: Jews and the Early Modern Italian Stage 1475– 1540 -- Chapter 3. A Canny Theatrical Intermediary -- Chapter 4. A Virtuoso of Jewish Mantua -- Chapter 5. Jewish Theatrical Production in the Shadow of the Counter- Reformation -- Chapter 6. The End of Jewish Performance in Mantua -- Chapter 7. Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Translation of Description of Jewish Performance in Pesaro in 1475 -- Appendix 2. Jewish Performances in Mantua -- Bibliography -- Index
Series Jewish engagements
Extent 1 online resource (x, 190 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).
Language English
National Library system number 997012746975705171
MARC RECORDS
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