Language:
Italian
Year of publication:
1999
Titel der Quelle:
Rassegna Mensile di Israel
Angaben zur Quelle:
65,3 (1999) 41-54
Keywords:
Jews
;
Jews
;
Judaism Relations
;
Christianity
;
Christianity and other religions Judaism
;
Christianity and other religions Judaism 1500-1800
;
History
Abstract:
Discusses the relationship between the Jewish community of Ferrara and the Casa dei Catecumeni, which was founded to convert infidels and, above all, Jews. A law fixed an annual tax of ten gold ducats to be paid by every synagogue in the Papal States for the maintenance of the "House". In 1559 the Jewish community of Ferrara was forced to pay the tax for the "House" in Rome, despite the fact that Ferrara was not formally a city in the Papal States. In 1584 a "House" was founded in Ferrara; the Jews had to pay a double tax and were forced to reduce the number of synagogues and to combine them in the same building. In 1636, when Ferrara did become part of the Papal States, the double tax was increased; in 1646, as a result of protests from the Jews, the double tax was reduced to a sum of five ducats for Rome and ten for Ferrara. The tax was finally abolished in the Napoleonic period. Two appendices (pp. 50-53) contain the "diploma" of the Duke of Ferrara from 1559 concerning the tax and the edict of Pope Urban VIII from 1636.
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