The Kidnapping Of Edgardo Mortara by Kertzer, David I - 1997

Hardback. Very Good.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Picador, UK, 1997. Trade Paperback. Good. Trade Paperback. 350 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Picador, UK, 1997. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Spine has moderate reading creases. . Edges of pages are reasonably browned. Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Out of seemingly small events are sometimes born great historical moments. The case of young Edgardo Mortara is one. In 1858 the 6-year-old Jewish boy was taken from his parents' home in Bologna, Italy, by agents of the Papal inquisition. The year before, seriously ill, Edgardo had been secretly baptized, by the Mortaras' Catholic servant (or so she claimed); it was against the law for baptized Christians to be raised by Jews, and so, in the eyes of the Church, the kidnapping was entirely justified. Secular Italians did not agree, and thus was set in motion a series of reforms that ended the Church's temporal power in Italy and forged the creation of a… Read More

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Picador, UK, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. 350 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Picador, UK, 1997. First Edition. This is the first UK edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in fine condition and comes in fine dust jacket. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Out of seemingly small events are sometimes born great historical moments. The case of young Edgardo Mortara is one. In 1858 the 6-year-old Jewish boy was taken from his parents' home in Bologna, Italy, by agents of the Papal inquisition. The year before, seriously ill, Edgardo had been secretly baptized, by the Mortaras' Catholic servant (or so she claimed); it was against the law for baptized Christians to be raised by Jews, and so, in the eyes of the Church, the kidnapping was entirely justified. Secular Italians did not agree, and thus was set in motion a series of reforms that ended the Church's temporal power in Italy and forged the creation of a liberal, near-democratic state. For his part, young Edgardo became a… Read More

Picador, 1997,. 1997. Soft cover. 0330348787 paperback, large 8vo, 350pp, text clean and tight, no inscriptions, spine faded and lightly creased, Good condition, ISBN: 0330348787 .