Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara

Name: Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara
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ISBN: 9780679768173

ISBN-10: 0679768173

ISBN-13: 9780679768173

Edition: 1997

Authors: David I. Kertzer

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National Book Award Finalist Bologna, 1858: A police posse, acting on the orders of a Catholic inquisitor, invades the home of a Jewish merchant, Momolo Mortara, wrenches his crying six-year-old son from his arms, and rushes him off in a carriage bound for Rome. His mother is so distraught that she collapses and has to be taken to a neighbor's house, but her weeping can be heard across the city. With this terrifying scene--one that would haunt this family forever--David I. Kertzer begins his fascinating investigation of the dramatic kidnapping, and shows how the deep-rooted antisemitism of the Catholic Church would eventually contribute to the collapse of its temporal power in Italy. As…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/30/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.20" wide x 8.02" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

He is a professor anthropology & history at Brown University. He lives in Providence, Rhode Island.