The Lords' Jews: Magnate-Jewish Relations in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Eighteenth Century.

Abstract

Poland and the magnates - the magnates, the latifundium the Sieniawskis and Czartoryskis and their latifundium - the owners, thw owner's task, latifundium income the Jews as latifundium residents - background - Jews in Poland, the Jews in the towns, economic and occupational structure, rights and obligations the Jews, the magnates, and commerce - noble and magnate support, magnate motives, the Splaw the Jewish freighters the Jews as latifundium arrendators - Arenda vs Dzierzawa, rights available for lease, choosing an arrendator, the payment order system, the arrendator's position, arrendator-magnate relations the Jews in the latifundium administration - Dr Mojzes Fortis, Yisrael Rubinowicz - General Manager, Rubinowicz's wealth, status, and power, Fortis, Rubinowicz, and Polish culture, the perils of prominence the magnates and the Jewish community. Appendices: the Jewish population in the Czartoryski territories ca. 1766 currency in Poland in the early 18th century.