Region: Italie (Toscane)
Intersection register · custodian, not owner
Cortona, a fortified city of Tuscany, hosted Jewish families managing a banco feneratizio (lending bank) documented from the 15th to 17th centuries. These families, often originating from other Tuscan cities, benefited from condotte granted by local authorities.
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The days of this book
This book bears no memory day yet. The sources that document Cortona give years and centuries, never a day; we do not invent one.
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Sources & resources
- Encyclopaedia Judaica — 2e éd., Keter/Macmillan
- Jewish Virtual Library ↗
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