Intrigue and Revolution

Download or read book Intrigue and Revolution written by Yaron Harel and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2015-06-18 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yaron Harel has constructed a dramatic story of how eleven chief rabbis all became the subject of controversy and were subsequently dismissed. This took place against a background of crime and licentiousness rarely documented in the context of Jewish society. Set firmly in the social and political developments of the time, this colourful picture is very different from the commonly accepted image of Jewish communities in the Ottoman Empire.