15th–17th centuries
Riot against the Jewry
1507·Padoue
Toll
inconnu
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The Jewish quarter of Padoue was attacked during a riot.
The city of the Venetian terraferma had an ancient community and a celebrated school; its faculty of medicine was one of the few in Europe to receive Jewish students, and for three centuries it trained the physicians of the communities of Italy, Germany, and Poland.
- Period :
- 15th–17th centuries
- Type :
- Pogrom
- Region :
- Western Europe
- Country :
- Italie
Sources
Ouvrages sur le judaïsme de la terre ferme vénitienne et sur l'université de Padoue.