Scepter of Judah : the Jewish autonomy in the eighteenth-century Crown Poland / Judith Kalik

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The newly dicovered complete corpus of the Jewish poll-tax lists provides a totally new outlook on Jewish autonomy in eighteenth century Poland from which a full reconstruction of the Jewish settlement can be drawn. The book includes series of tables and maps.

Intro -- List of Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One The Development of Jewish Autonomy -- Chapter Two The Structure of Jewish Autonomy -- Chapter Three Jewish Demography and Geography -- Chapter Four The Administrative Structure of the Urban Jewish Population -- Chapter Five The Administrative Structure of the Rural Jewish Population -- Chapter Six The "Leaseholders' Belt -- Chapter Seven Jewish Political Leadership -- Chapter Eight A Case Study: The Jewish Subjects of Kazimierz Granowski, Voivode of Rawa -- Chapter Nine Conclusions -- Appendix One Tables to Chapter Two -- Appendix Two Maps to Chapter Two -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index.