EAN: 9783447118958

SPACE AS A CATEGORY FOR THE RESEARCH OF THE HIS...

What do we mean by Jewish space? How does it come into being  what qualities does it possess 
and how does one experience it? Does this specific space play a role in Jewish-Christian
encounters? How are shared Jewish-Christian spaces created in small towns often understood as
shtetls? The volume Space as a Category for the Research of the History of Jews in
Poland-Lithuania 1500-1900 answers those questions using examples from early modern
Poland-Lithuanian and its successor states. Eight different authors examine various issues that
were substantial for the Jewish experience in the most significant Jewish community in the
world. The range of contributions includes the authors' multiple methodological approaches in
their research  both historical and sociological  and architectural practices. The compilation
of the articles also breaks chronological boundaries by presenting texts from the early modern
era and the early 19th century. Examples from medieval Jewish Cracow and early modern small
towns in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania  Warsaw  Gdansk Danzig  and Berlin analyzed in this
volume are shedding new light on the Jewish experience in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and
its successor states. The book is exciting for anyone interested in Jewish history and
Jewish-Christian relations.

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