by hadassah | Apr 7, 2008 | Muslim Lands/Ottoman Empire
Jews in Muslim Lands-Ottoman Empire Overview Overview- Jews in Muslim Lands/Ottoman Empire Primary Sources and Presentations Obdiah Bentinoro, Letter from Jerusalem, Elliott Horowitz, Bar-Ilan University, Israel. Sefer `Ets Hayyim (text), Yosef Hacker, Hebrew...
by hadassah | Apr 7, 2008 | Austria and Bohemian Lands, Early Modern Period
Austria and Bohemian Lands For the most part, conditions in Austria and the Bohemian lands resembled those in the German states. From the fourteenth century, the hostility of the burghers and anti-Jewish preaching by the clergy created a harsh atmosphere, and...
by hadassah | Apr 7, 2008 | Early Modern Period, Holy Roman Empire
German Lands The German-speaking lands in the early modern period were a mosaic of small states and principalities, each with its own Jewry law. Altogether there were about 1,800 independent “states,” including 51 free imperial cities and 63 ecclesiastical...
by hadassah | Apr 7, 2008 | Holy Roman Empire
Early Modern Period German Lands Austria and Bohemian Lands The Sojourn and Slavery in Egypt, 1500-1300 BCE Highlights- Descent to Egypt The Amarna Letters, 14th century BCE Tomb of King Tutanhkamen, 1323 BCE Your content goes here. Edit or remove this text...
by hadassah | Apr 7, 2008 | Early Modern Period, Jews in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Jews in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Jews settled in eastern Europe in the Middle Ages. During the first centuries of Jewish settlement in Poland, the legal and economic conditions resembled those of Jewish communities in western Europe, where Jews were...
by hadassah | Apr 7, 2008 | Jews of Italy
Jews of Italy In the early modern period, Italian Jewry comprised of three major groups- the Italianate, the Ashkenazic, and the Sephardic Jews. These Jews lived in several major cities, including Rome, Venice, Padua, Mantua, Florence, and somewhat later in...
