The Jews of Poland: A Social and Economic History of the Jewish Community in Poland from 1100 to 1800The Jews of Poland tells the story of the development and growth of Polish Jewry from its beginnings, around the year 1200, when it numbered a few score people, to about six hundred years later, when it totaled a million or more people. This books records the development of this Jewish community. It attempts to capture the uniqueness of each period in the history of this community. In recounting the saga of Polish Jewry, the book endeavors to see Polish Jews as human beings acting and reacting humanly to the exigencies of life with courage and weakness, high ideals, beliefs, and sacrifices, on one hand, and human frailty, passions, and ambitions, on the other. |
Contents
The Background | 3 |
Immigration and Settlement | 17 |
Tables | 31 |
Legal and Political Situation | 33 |
Persecution of Jews in Poland in the 14th15th Centuries | 47 |
Persecutions in the 16th18th Centuries 15253 | 53 |
Economic and Social Structure | 56 |
Jewish Community Organization | 71 |
Poland through the Eyes of Polish Jews | 156 |
Background | 179 |
The Sabbatai Zevi Upheaval and Its Impact | 206 |
Messianisms AftereffectJacob Frank and Frankism | 236 |
Hassidim and Hassidism | 262 |
Value of Polish Monetary Units | 305 |
Jewish Poll Tax in Poland | 315 |
ABBREVIATIONS | 331 |
A Composite Picture | 79 |
Background Jewish Population and Settlement | 107 |
Legal Status Theory and Practice | 119 |
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