Language:
English
Year of publication:
1997
Titel der Quelle:
Gal-Ed; on the History of the Jews in Poland
Angaben zur Quelle:
15-16 (1997) 23-40
Keywords:
Jews
;
Judaism Relations
;
Christianity
;
Christianity and other religions Judaism
;
Jews History 1500-1800
;
Jews History 1500-1800
Abstract:
From the Middle Ages, the Polish Church tried to induce the secular authorities to introduce laws prohibiting the employ of Christian servants, especially women, by Jews. Antisemitic literature of the 17th-18th centuries castigated both Jews who employed non-Jews and non-Jews who worked for Jews. Dwells on the attitudes of the ruling nobility. Only a few "Sejmiks" prohibited Jews from hiring Christians, or else levied special taxes on Jews for that practice. Their motives were far from ecclesiastic; the nobility regarded Jews as competitors who could lure away the working force with higher pay. The prohibitions were largely ignored by both sides, Jews and Christians, despite high fines and other punishments.
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