TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ferdinando I,Grand-Duke of Tuscany
TI  - Documento che invita i mercanti ebrei a stabilirsi in Livorno e Pisa (Costituzione Livornina): Shoenberg Collection - Manuscript Number: ljs379
AV  - DG 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Italy -- History -- Sources
N1  - Release date is 2006-10-31; Produced by Massimiliano Zattera, Claudio Paganelli and
the Distributed Proofreaders Europe team
(http://dp.rastko.net). Source images courtesy of Schoenberg
Center for Electronic Text & Image - University of
Pennsylvania Library - Philadelphia, PA
(http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/); Original publication data not identified
N2  - “Documento che invita i mercanti ebrei a stabilirsi in Livorno e Pisa…” is a historical document attributed to Don Ferdinando Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, likely written in the late 16th century. The document serves as a formal invitation, detailing privileges and protections granted to Jewish merchants, encouraging their settlement and trade in the cities of Livorno and Pisa.   The content of the book outlines a series of rights and protections afforded to Jewish merchants, including freedom from certain taxes, the right to conduct business without persecution, and legal provisions for handling disputes within their community. It emphasizes the importance of Jewish commercial activity for the economic benefit of the region while ensuring that the merchants can maintain their cultural and religious practices. The document ultimately illustrates the complex relationships between Jewish communities and local governments in Renaissance Italy, showcasing an era of relative tolerance and economic interdependence. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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ER  -