The Port of Livorno and its "Nazione Ebrea" in the Eighteenth Century: Economic Utility and Political Reforms

The port of Livorno in Tuscany was a successful example of mercantilist policy at work, from which its Jewish community reaped great benefits in the early modern period: Jews were granted special prerogatives on the grounds of their economic usefulness, gaining liberties precluded to most Jewish com...

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Main Author: Francesca Bregoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fondazione Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea CDEC 2011-10-01
Series:Quest. Issues in Contemporary Jewish History
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Online Access:http://www.quest-cdecjournal.it/focus.php?id=227