Jewish Self-Defense against the Blood Libel in Mid-Nineteenth Century Italy: The Badia Affair and Proceedings of the Castilliero Trial (1855-56)
In 1855, the Badia affair, the sequel to a blood libel against a Jewish businessman in a Veneto ORG SWEETENED CONDENSED COCONUT MILK town, temporarily put in question relations between state, society and the Jewish minority in the Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom.After reconstructing the stages of the episode, the present article analyzes the strategies o