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Record Nr.

UNINA9910467002803321

Autore

Israel Jonathan <1946->

Titolo

European Jewry in the age of mercantilism 1550-1750 / / Jonathan I. Israel [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, , 2020

ISBN

1-80034-028-1

1-909821-36-5

Edizione

[Third edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 266 pages) : illustrations, map

Collana

Liverpool scholarship online

Disciplina

940/.04924

Soggetti

Jews - Europe - History - 16th century

Jews - Europe - History - 17th century

Jews - History - 70-1789

Europe Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

This edition previously issued in print: 1998.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This survey history of Jewish life and culture in early modern Europe is the first to focus on the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries as a radically new phase in Jewish history. The volume lays particular emphasis on the reversal of trends in western and central Europe in the late sixteenth century, which was followed by a rapid increase in Jewish numbers and activity, and far-reaching reorganization of Jewish society and institutions. A major consequence of these changes was a much expanded and more varied Jewish role in European civilization as a whole. The first edition of this book was the joint winner of the Wolfson Literary Prize for History in 1986. For this third edition, the text has been updated and includes a new introduction.