norms of European social life during the 18th century.As was not uncommon at the time, Casanova, depending on circumstances, used more or less fictitious names, such as baron or count of Farussi (the name of his mother) or Chevalier de Seingalt (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ɡɑl]...
The first Jews to observe this law in Venice were the Ashkenazim, from mid-eastern Europe. With the combination of their guttural pronunciation and the Venetian term “geto”, formed the word “ghetto’. A term that is still used today to refer to this part Venice. This “Ghetto” was en...