The Jewish Community: Authority and Social Control in Poznan and Swarzedz 1650-1793

Anna Michałowska-Mycielska

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Michałowska-Mycielska, Anna. The Jewish Community: Authority and Social Control in Poznan and Swarzedz 1650-1793. Red. . : Wydawnictwo Akademickie Dialog, 2015, 408 s. ISBN 978-83-8002-253-9

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ISBN/ISSN:

978-83-8002-253-9

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Wydawnictwo:

Wydawnictwo Akademickie Dialog

Rok wydania:

2015

Liczba stron:

408

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Title Page2
Book Info3
Table of Contents4
Foreword to the Second Edition6
Editorial Note8
Introduction9
CHAPTER 1. Outline of the History of Jews in Poznań and Swarzędz12
CHAPTER 2. Source Materials Used in the Study of the Wielkopolska Jewish Communities in Early Modern Times23
CHAPTER 3. Community Authorities31
1. Community Officials and Their Responsibilities31
2. Functionaries52
3. Governing Assemblies65
4. Demonstration of Social Position74
CHAPTER 4. Election of Community Authorities84
1. Electors and Elections84
2. Elected Officials97
3. Promotions of Officials (cursus honorum)108
CHAPTER 5. A Community Rabbi117
CHAPTER 6. Judiciary130
CHAPTER 7. Guilds and Brotherhoods and Their Relations with Community Authorities143
1. Craftsmen’s Guilds143
2. Charity Brotherhood (ḥevrah kadishah)148
3. Other Brotherhoods159
CHAPTER 8. Community Authorities and the Control of Residents164
1. Citizenship and the Right of Residence in a Community164
2. Control over Business Activities174
3. Sumptuary Laws182
4. Methods of Exerting Influence: an Oath and a Curse189
5. Conflicts between the Authorities and Community Residents199
CHAPTER 9. Community’s Financial Policy206
1. Taxes and Their Collection206
2. Community Earnings and Expenses225
3. Community’s Debts234
CHAPTER 10. Relations between Poznań and Swarzędz239
CHAPTER 11. Relations with Non-Jewish Authorities248
1. Control Exercised by a Voievode and Town Owner248
2. Non-Jewish Courts255
Conclusion262
ANNEX 1. Officials of the Swarzędz Community and Their Tax Payments266
ANNEX 2. People Holding the Position of a Parnas in the Swarzędz Community from 1723 to 1793275
ANNEX 3. Career Paths of Officials whose Names Appear on Election Lists of the Swarzędz Community for the Longest Period of Time (More than 35 Years)277
Bibliography298
Abbreviations298
Manuscript Sources298
Printed Sources300
Studies302
Index315
Footnotes332

INTRODUCTION

Thisbookfeaturesthemechanismsunderlyingtheoperationof

Jewishcommunitiesandthepoliciespursuedbycommunity

authoritiesinearlymodemtimes.Thecommunitiesfeaturedare

PoznańandSwarzędz.Althoughauthoritywasmainlyexercisedin

acommunitybythekahalanditsoﬃcials,therabbi,brotherhoods,

andcraftsmen’sguildswerealsoinvolvedinthecommunity’s

management.Thepurposeofthisworkisalsotohighlightthemutual

interdependenciesbetweenallofthesegroups.

ItisbynomeansaccidentalthatWielkopolska(GreatPoland)has

beenchosenasanexample.Thisregion,importantindemographic

andculturalterms,wastheareaoftheearliestJewishsettlementin

Polishlands.JerzyTopolskidescribedWielkopolska’sunique

socioeconomicstructure.[1]Agricultureandindustryshapedthearea’s

economy(withthegrangecateringtothedomesticmarketratherthan

toexportsacrosstheBalticSea,withnobilitymoreinclinedtoinvest,

withhighlydevelopedsheepbreedingandtextileindustry,woolen

clothproductioninparticular,andwithahighshareofurban

population,apositivetradebalance,andahighshareofpecuniary

rentinpeasants’performancestotheirlords).Wielkopolskawas

mainlyinhabitedbymediumnobilityandtherewerenolargemagnate

estates,typicaloftheeasternregionsofthePolish-Lithuanian

Commonwealth.OwingtoWielkopolska’sspeciﬁcity,thenatureof

Jewishsettlementinthisregionwasdistinctlydiﬀerentfromthatin

otherregions:Jewsmainlysettledintowns,[2]takingupsuchtypical

urbanoccupationsastradeandcrafts.Hencejobswhichhadbeen

stereotypicallyassociatedwiththecommonplaceunderstandingof

aJew’srole,suchasaninnkeeperorarrendator,accountedforasmall

percentageofprofessionstakenupbytheWielkopolskaJews.[3]

Lastbutnotleast,quitealargenumberofsurvivingsource

materialsregardingJewishcommunitiescomefromthePoznańand

Swarzędzcommunities.Theyaremainlyhandwrittencommunity

books,whicharecalledpinkasim,ofwhichonlyafewhavesurvived

untiltodayandwhicharethereforeuniqueandpriceless.

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