Language:
English
Year of publication:
1978
Titel der Quelle:
Proceedings - American Academy for Jewish Research
Angaben zur Quelle:
45 (1978) 103-130
Keywords:
Book burning History 16th century
;
Antisemitism
;
Jews History 16th century
;
Jewish publishers
;
Jewish printers
Abstract:
In 1568, the Venetian government confiscated and burned thousands of Hebrew books produced by Jewish printers and publishers. Describes the events of 1568, and how the Jews then thwarted the Venetian restrictions by smuggling books in the early 1570s.
Note:
Appeared in Italian as "La distruzione di libri ebraici a Venezia nel 1568" in "Venezia ebraica" (1982) 99-128.
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