Language:
English
Year of publication:
2020
Titel der Quelle:
Jewish History
Angaben zur Quelle:
33 (2020) 351-375
Keywords:
Palontrotti, Melchiorre,
;
Judaism Relations
;
Christianity
;
Antisemitism
;
Jews History 17th century
;
Rabbis
Abstract:
This essay analyzes an unpublished manuscript of a giudiata, a poem mocking Jewish funerals that was written and performed in Rome in the mid-seventeenth century. Melchiorre Palontrotti, the author of the composition, was a Roman polemist and author of other published works against Italian Jews, including, among others, the Venetian rabbi Simone Luzzatto, between 1640 and 1649. After furnishing information on the author and the historical background in which the song was written, and following an analysis of the origins of giudiate and their diffusion in early modern Rome, this paper explores the content, language, and style of the giudiata text. The appendix includes a bibliography of Palontrotti’s writings and a transcription of the manuscript.
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