Legitimizing Rhetorics: Jewish “Heresy” in Early Modern Italy
Granted the weakness of Jewish institutions for social control, arguments for freedom of thought and criticism of authority could flourish relatively unimpeded within the community. Communities did use decrees of excommunication to expel individuals for various types of actions—especially those rela...
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Language: | English |
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Institut du Monde Anglophone
2017-10-01
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Series: | Etudes Epistémè |
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Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/episteme/1764 |