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The Jews in Polish Culture
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In every caste system the lower caste occupies a marginal position vis-à-vis the upper caste. The Jews were a marginal element to the Polish nobility. The margin was not isolated, for the Jews could…

Contributor:

Aleksander Hertz

Places:

Polish People’s Republic (Poland)

Date:

1961

Subjects:

Class, Assimilation, Community, Anthropology, Antisemitism

Categories:

Pedagogy & Schooling, History, Historical Writing
Kitāb-i-anusī (The Book of the Forced Convert)
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In the age of every ruler, old and new, time and again some affliction befell us. But this one was…

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Bābāī ibn Lutf

Places:

Kashan, Safavid Iran (Kashan, Iran)

Date:

First Half of the 17th Century

Subjects:

Conversos, Antisemitism, Muslim-Jewish relations, Exile, Community

Categories:

History, Historical Writing
Discorso circa il stato de gl’Hebrei et in particolar dimoranti nell’inclita Città di Venetia (Discourse Concerning the Condition of the Jews, and in Particular Those Living in the Illustrious City of Venice): On Jewish Commerce
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The Hebrews have been taught and instructed more than any other nation in the school of hardship under the rigorous discipline of that necessity, because they are deprived of real estate, forbidden…

Contributor:

Simone Luzzatto

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1638

Subjects:

Cities, Economic life, Travel, Community, Antisemitism

Categories:

History, Political Culture, Reportage
Chronicle from Prague
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5323 [1562]: King Maximilian, may he be exalted, came here, to Prague, on Monday the 6th of Tishri [5 September], and he was crowned on Hoshanah Rabba [the last day of Sukkot—20 September]. In that…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

ca. 1615

Subjects:

Community, Christian-Jewish relations, Antisemitism, Monarchy, Exile

Categories:

History, Historical Writing