Language:
Polish
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Kwartalnik Historii Żydów
Angaben zur Quelle:
278 (2021) 437-454
Keywords:
Poland.
;
Jews Social conditions
;
Jews Political activity
;
History
;
Jews Political activity
;
History
Abstract:
The Sejms (parliaments) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth exerted a huge influence on the situation of the Jewish population, chiefly by means of defining the policies on the settlement or business activity of the Jews, and also by defining the amount of a taxes the Jewish population had to pay. Jewish self-government institutions, especially those at the central level, carefully followed the parliamentary proceedings and sought to obtain solutions that were favorable for the Jews. The waads regularly sent their envoys to the venues of the debates of the Polish Sejm, while the communities were required to send to Warsaw and Grodno part of their tax revenue to finance the expenses incurred. The timetable of Sejm meetings influenced the frequency of holding the waads, and during the parliamentary sessions the Jewish leaders from Polish and Lithuanian lands had an opportunity to contact each other, and this was also the time when the royals issued or confirmed the privileges awarded to Jews, both at the national and commune level. The article shows that the contacts between Jewish institutions and the Polish parliament were not accidental or ad hoc ones but were a constant element of their operations, regulated by certain procedures and principles of financial settlements.
Note:
With an English abstract.
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