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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Main Author: Hundert, Gershon David, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019
Series:Johns Hopkins Jewish studies.
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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