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The Making of Western Jewry, 1600-1819 (Paperback, New edition)
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The Making of Western Jewry, 1600-1819 (Paperback, New edition)
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In a broad sweep from Central Europe to Ireland and from the
Sixteenth to the early Nineteenth-century, this 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 Hapsburgs, Bourbons
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'.
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