Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Volume 14: Focusing on Jews in the Polish Borderlands

by Antony Polonsky

The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, created in 1569, covered a wide spectrum of faiths and languages. The nobility, who were the main focus of Polishness, were predominantly Catholic, particularly from the later seventeenth century; the peasantry included Catholics, Protestants, and members of the Orthodox faith, while nearly half the urban population, and some 10 per cent of the total population, was Jewish. The partition of Poland at the end of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1874774706
• ISBN13: 9781874774709
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
• Length: 478 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"