The Jews in a Polish Private Town The Case of Opatów in the Eighteenth Century

In the eighteenth century, more than half of the world's Jewish population lived in Polish private villages and towns owned by magnate-aristocrats. Furthermore, roughly half of Poland's entire urban population was Jewish. Thus, the study of Jews in private Polish towns is central to both J...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hundert, Gershon David, 1946-2023 (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Johns Hopkins University Press
Series:Johns Hopkins Jewish studies.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009434185806719
Table of Contents:
  • Numbers
  • The Town and the Jewish Community before 1700
  • Jews and Other Poles
  • Jews in the Economy
  • Jewish Society
  • The Jewish Community
  • Authority in the Jewish Community
  • Power and the Jewish Community
  • Afterword
  • Appendix: The Privilege of the Jewish Community of Opatow
  • Appendix 2: Measures, Weights, and Money