TY  - GEN
T1  - Categorically Jewish, distinctly Polish : Polish Jewish history reflected and refracted
A1  - Rosman, Moshe
LA  - English
PP  - Liverpool
PB  - Liverpool University Press
YR  - 2022
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1306055767
AB  - Moshe Rosman's revolutionary approach has become a cornerstone of Polish Jewish historiography. Challenging conventions, he asserts that the 'marriage of convenience' between the Jews and the Polish--Lithuanian Commonwealth was a dynamic relationship that, though punctuated by crisis and persecution, developed into a saga of overall achievement and stability. With that fundamental message this book forges a thematic survey of Jewish history in early modern Poland. These essays, written by Rosman over the course of a distinguished career, have all been updated and enhanced with new detail and nuanced arguments, taking account not only of new archival material and research but also of the ongoing evolution of the author's own knowledge and perspectives. Some appear here in English for the first time. The volume's structure highlights key topics for understanding the Polish Jewish past: relations between Jews and other Poles; Jewish communal life; Polish Jewish women; and hasidism. O ...
OP  - 523
NO  - "Littman Library of Jewish Civilization"
CN  - DS134.53 .R67 2022
SN  - 9781800859074
SN  - 1800859074
SN  - 9781906764852
KW  - Jews : Poland : History.
KW  - Juifs : Pologne : Histoire.
KW  - Jews
KW  - Poland
KW  - European history.
KW  - History.
KW  - History
ER  -