BACKGROUND ROMAN JEWRY
12.Aug 2015
The Popes and the Ghetto
Jewish presence in Rome goes back to Antiquity. With the rise of Christianity, Popes came to determine the fate of the community.
Four distinct moments, or periods, delineate the Roman Jewish past: the Roman Empire until Gregory the Great (590-604 C.E.) and the start of the medieval papacy; Pope Gregory to 1555, the…
Kenneth Stow