European Jewry in the Age of Mercantilism, 1550-1750 (Clarendon Paperbacks) - Softcover

Israel, Jonathan I.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198211368 ISBN 13: 9780198211365

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1989

Synopsis

This book, joint winner of the Wolfson Literary Award for History, is a survey of Jewish life and culture in early modern Europe, which sees the 16th and 17th centuries as a radically new phase in Jewish history. It emphasizes the reversal of trends in western and central Europe in the late sixteenth century, which was followed by a rapid increase in Jewish numbers and activity, and by a far-reaching re-organization of Jewish society and institutions. The author argues that a major consequence of these changes was a much expanded and more varied Jewish role in European civilization as a whole. Jonathan Israel is also author of "The Dutch Republic and the Hispanic World, 1606-1661" and "Dutch Primacy in World Trade, 1585-1740".

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Review:

an important book... will be of extreme value to all students of early modern Europe. (Lionel Kochan, British Book News)

About the Author:

Jonathan I. Israel is Professor in the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton, and was formerly Professor of Dutch History and Institutions at the University of London. He is the author of The Dutch Republic and the Hispanic World, 1606 1661 (1986), Dutch Primacy in World Trade, 1585 1740 (1989), Empires and Entrepots: The Dutch, the Spanish Monarchy, and the Jews, 1585 1713 (1990), The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall, 1477 1806 (1995), Conflicts of Empires: Spain, the Low Countries, and the Struggle for World Supremacy, 1585 1713 (1997), Radical Enlightenment: Philosophy and the Making of Modernity, 1650 1750, and Diasporas within a Diaspora: Jews, Crypto-Jews, and the World Maritime Empires, 1540 1740 (2002), and editor of The Anglo-Dutch Moment: Essays on the Glorious Revolution and its World Impact (1991). He has held visiting professorships and research fellowships in the Netherlands and France, and at the University of California at Los Angeles, and is a Fellow of the British Academy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0198211368
• ISBN 13: 9780198211365
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328