The Making of Western Jewry, 1600-1819 (Hardcover)

In a broad sweep from central Europe to Ireland and from the sixteenth to the early nineteenth century, this unusual work puts the Jewish community and its rabbinic and 'lay' leaders at the centre of Jewish history. Of surpassing value is Kochan's treatment of the community not only as a religious but also as a political unit. It shows the community at grips with the Reformation and the introduction of the ghetto system in the Italian states. Thence to the great maritime centre of Venice, Amsterdam, Hamburg and London, under the dominance of the Sephardi exiles from Spain and Portugal; and also to the metropolitan centres of Prague, Vienna and Berlin and the liaison of their court-Jews with the Hasburgs, Broubons and Hohenzollerns. This was not achieved without severe tension inside the communities and, whilst eschewing the concept of class-struggle, Kochan's analysis of the clash of interests between the few wealthy and the multitude of poor Jews raises doubts about the whole notion of 'community'. The later chapters critically examine the policy of emancipation as pursued by the Jewish leadership in France and the German and Italian states during the wars of the French revolution and the Napoleonic period. This section discusses the failure of Jewish diplomacy at the Congress of Vienna. A final chapter expounds the emergence of Orthodoxy in terms of the tumultuous changes in Jewish society over these two centuries.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2004
First published:	2004
Authors:	L. Kochan
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	390
ISBN-13:	978-0-333-62597-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > European history > General
LSN:	0-333-62597-8
Barcode:	9780333625972

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