The Jews in a Polish Private Town The Case of Opatów in the Eighteenth Century / Gershon David Hundert. [print]

By: Hundert, Gershon David, 1946- [author]Contributor(s): Project Muse | Project Muse []Material type: Text

TextSeries: Johns Hopkins Jewish studiesDescription: 1 online resource (1 online resource xvi, 242 pages) : illustrations, maps)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781421436289Subject(s): Jews -- Social conditions -- History | Juden | Joden | Jews | Jews -- Poland -- Opatow (Wojewodztwo Swietokrzyskie) -- History -- 18th century | Poland | Juden | Opatow | Poland -- Opatow (Wojewodztwo Swietokrzyskie) | Poland, Kielce, Opatow (Opatow) -- Jewish history | Opatow (Wojewodztwo Swietokrzyskie, Poland) -- Ethnic relations | Geschichte 1700-1800Genre/Form: Electronic books. | History. LOC classification: DS135.P62DS135.P62.H933.J497 2019Online resources: Click here to access online COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission: https://lib.ciu.edu/copyright-request-form

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

Summary: 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 Jewish history and to the history of Poland-Lithuania. This study seeks to investigate the social, economic, and political history of Jews in Opatow, a private Polish town, in the context of an increasing power and influence of private towns at the expense of the Polish crown and gentry in the eighteenth century. Hundert recovers an important community from historical obscurity by providing a balanced perspective on the Jewish experience in the Polish Commonwealth and by describing the special dimensions of Jewish life in a private town.

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Originally published as Johns Hopkins Press in 1992

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 Jewish history and to the history of Poland-Lithuania. This study seeks to investigate the social, economic, and political history of Jews in Opatow, a private Polish town, in the context of an increasing power and influence of private towns at the expense of the Polish crown and gentry in the eighteenth century. Hundert recovers an important community from historical obscurity by providing a balanced perspective on the Jewish experience in the Polish Commonwealth and by describing the special dimensions of Jewish life in a private town.

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