The Lords' Jews
Magnate-Jewish Relations in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the 18th Century
Published on 31. January 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
280 pages
978-0-916458-47-8 (ISBN)
Description
In the first in-depth exploration of the relationship between Jews and magnates in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, M. J. Rosman shows the influence of the Jews on economic, social, and political life in the Polish, Ukrainian, and Belorussian territories, and offers new perspectives on their relations with magnates. Rosman focuses on two major questions: What were the principal spheres of interaction between the Jews and the nobility? What was the significance of this interaction for both parties?
By analyzing the Sieniawski-Czartoryski estates the author demonstrates the measure of cooperation that existed between magnates and Jews. Jews guaranteed the viability of important economic institutions and provided commercial services, while magnates furnished an environment for Jews to conduct their religious and commercial activities. Drawing on Polish, Hebrew, and Yiddish sources and literature from archives and libraries in Poland, Israel, and the United States, Rosman provides a richly detailed account of the socioeconomic development of early modern Europe's largest Jewish community.
By analyzing the Sieniawski-Czartoryski estates the author demonstrates the measure of cooperation that existed between magnates and Jews. Jews guaranteed the viability of important economic institutions and provided commercial services, while magnates furnished an environment for Jews to conduct their religious and commercial activities. Drawing on Polish, Hebrew, and Yiddish sources and literature from archives and libraries in Poland, Israel, and the United States, Rosman provides a richly detailed account of the socioeconomic development of early modern Europe's largest Jewish community.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Harvard University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
5 maps, 9 tables, 4 line illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-916458-47-8 (9780916458478)
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Content
Poland and the magnates - the magnates, the latifundium; the Sieniawskis and Czartoryskis and their latifundium - the owners, thw owner's task, latifundium income; the Jews as latifundium residents - background - Jews in Poland, the Jews in the towns, economic and occupational structure, rights and obligations; the Jews, the magnates, and commerce - noble and magnate support, magnate motives, the "Splaw"; the Jewish freighters; the Jews as latifundium arrendators - Arenda vs Dzierzawa, rights available for lease, choosing an arrendator, the payment order system, the arrendator's position, arrendator-magnate relations; the Jews in the latifundium administration - Dr Mojzes Fortis, Yisrael Rubinowicz - General Manager, Rubinowicz's wealth, status, and power, Fortis, Rubinowicz, and Polish culture, the perils of prominence; the magnates and the Jewish community. Appendices: the Jewish population in the Czartoryski territories ca. 1766; currency in Poland in the early 18th century.