04715cam a2200601Ma 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019006001900036007000700055008004100062040005600103016002400159020003500183020003200218020002500250020003400275035002100309035001800330043001200348045000900360050002600369072002500395082002700420049000900447100003200456245012100488260012000609300011100729490003500840504006600875505133200941520037502273520068502648600005503333600003903388600003803427650006603465650003803531651006103569650003803630655002203668776003403690830002903724856004703753856010503800856005703905938004803962938003004010938002804040910001604068994001204084999001704096ocn755882735OCoLC20200709055605.0m        d        cr |||100924t20112011oncacfh ob    001 0deng d  aQE2bengcQE2dCELBNdE7BdOCLCQdREDDCdOCLCQdN$T  z20109061365 (print)  a9781442693494 (electronic bk.)  a1442693495 (electronic bk.)  z9781442613331 (pbk.)  z9781442642256 (bound) :70.00  a(OCoLC)755882735  a483332b(N$T)  ae-it---0 au-u- 4aDG738.23b.G64 2011eb 7aHISx0200002bisacsh04a945/.5100492409032222  aN$TA1 aGoldberg, Edward L.,d1948-10aJews and magic in Medici Florenceh[electronic resource] :bthe secret world of Benedetto Blanis /cEdward Goldberg.  aToronto [Ont.] :bUniversity of Toronto Press,cc2011e(Saint-Lazare, Quebec :fCanadian Electronic Library,g2011)  a1 online resource (xiv, 331 p., [16] p. of plates) :bill., facsims., geneal. table, ports., digital file.1 aToronto Italian studies series  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [307]-312) and index.0 aThe piazza -- The palace. The Medici family ; Palazzo Pitti ; Don Giovanni dei Medici ; Benedetto Blanis at court -- The ghetto. Benedetto at home ; The Blanis family ; The creation of the ghetto ; Segregation, conversation, and confusion ; Ghetto government ; Benedetto's neighbours -- The synagogue. The synagogue as it was ; On the bench ; Men of authority ; Quarrels and dissension ; Italians and Levantines -- Memory and survival. The Jewish year ; Home and family ; Observance ; Justice and commandments -- The market. Shopping ; Market and ghetto ; Blanis and sons ; Stolen goods ; Scrocchi Barocchi ; Rich Jews -- Knowledge and power. Books ; Tree of Kabbalah ; Medicean planets ; Silver, gold, and grappa ; The fish pond -- Games of chance. Porta al prato ; Risky business ; Jew mad Christian -- The mirror of truth. On the road ; Venice ; The mirror of truth ; At home with Livia and Don Giovanni ; Fire at the fair ; Florence -- The magic circle. Fellow travellers ; The late Cosimo Ridolfi ; The workshop ; The apprentice -- 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) -- Prison. Misery and woe ; Beginning of the end ; Cosmic battle ; Out of sight and out of mind -- Habeas Corpus?  aEdward Goldberg reveals the dramas of daily life behind the scenes in the Pitti Palace and in the narrow byways of the Florentine Ghetto, using thousands of new documents from the Medici Granducal Archive. He shows that truth - especially historical truth - can be stranger than fiction, when viewed through the eyes of the people most immediately involved."--Pub. desc.  a"In the seventeenth century, Florence was the splendid capital of the Medici Grand Dukedom of Tuscany. Meanwhile, the Jews in its tiny Ghetto struggled to earn a living by any possible means, especially loan-sharking, rag-picking and second-hand dealing. They were viewed as an uncanny people with rare supernatural powers, and Benedetto Blanis - a businessman and aspiring scholar from a distinguished Ghetto dynasty - sought to parlay his alleged mastery of astrology, alchemy and Kabbalah into a grand position at the Medici Court. He won the patronage of Don Giovanni dei Medici, a scion of the ruling family, and for six tumultuous years their lives were inextricably linked.10aBlanis, Benedetto,dca. 1580-1647vCorrespondence.10aBlanis, Benedetto,dca. 1580-1647.10aMedici, Giovanni de',d1567-1621. 0aJewszItalyzFlorencexSocial life and customsy17th century. 0aJewszItalyzFlorencevBiography. 0aFlorence (Italy)xSocial life and customsy17th century. 7aHISTORY / Europe / Italy2bisacsh 4aElectronic books.08iPrint version:z9781442642256 0aToronto Italian studies.403ebraryuhttp://site.ebrary.com/id/10488800403EBSCOhostuhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=483332483Cover image:uhttp://celarc.ca/covers/436/436471.jpg  aCanadian Electronic LibrarybCELBn10488800  aebrarybEBRYnebr10488800  aEBSCOhostbEBSCn483332  acpp1723AUTO  a02bN$T  c51627d51627