The Jews of Hungary: history, culture, psychology

Study the fascinating story of the struggles, achievements, and setbacks that marked the flow of history for the Hungarian Jews. he traces their seminal role in Hungarian politics, finance, industry, science, medicine, arts, and literature, and their surprisingly rich contributions to jewish scholar...

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1. Verfasser: Patai, Raphael 1910-1996 (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Detroit Wayne State University Press 1996
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Zusammenfassung:Study the fascinating story of the struggles, achievements, and setbacks that marked the flow of history for the Hungarian Jews. he traces their seminal role in Hungarian politics, finance, industry, science, medicine, arts, and literature, and their surprisingly rich contributions to jewish scholarship and religious leadership both inside the Hungary and in the western world.
Beschreibung:Contents: 1. The Jews in Roman Pannonia and Dacia -- 2. Medieval Origins and the Khazar Question -- 3. After the Magyar Conquest -- 4. The Jews in Early Hungarian Law (Eleventh to Thirteenth Centuries) -- 5. Expulsion and Recall (Fourteenth Century) -- 6. The Jew Judge and the "Perfidious Jews" (Thirteenth to Fifteenth Centuries) -- 7. From Sigismund to Matthias (1385-1490) -- 8. The Jewish Prefects: The Mendels (1475-1531) -- 9. The First Scholars and the First Blood Libel (Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries) -- 10. Jewish Physicians in the Fourteenth to Eighteenth Centuries -- 11. Jewish Criminals in the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries -- 12. Emericus Fortunatus (Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries) -- 13. Transylvania and the Sabbatarians (Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries) -- 14. The Jews in Turkish-Occupied Hungary (1526-1686) -- 15. The Jews in Royal Hungary (1526-1686) -- 16. The Jews in Reunited Hungary (1686-1740) -- 17. Jewish Women in the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries -- 18. Conversions in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries -- 19. The Jews Under Maria Theresa (1740-80) -- 20. The Jews Under Joseph II (1780-90) -- 21. The Theben Story (Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries) -- 22. Early Struggles for Emancipation (1790-1848) -- 23. Religious Reform (1798-1852) -- 24. New Horizons (1800-48) -- 25. The Patriotic Imperative (1800-48) -- 26. The 1848 Revolution -- 27. Neoabsolutism I: The Harsh Years (1849-59). 28. Neoabsolutism II: The Moderate Years (1860-67) -- 29. Emancipation, Congress, and Schism (1867-69) -- 30. Zionism: Precursors, Founders, Opponents (1839-97) -- 31. Istoczy and Tiszaeszlar -- 32. The Fin de Siecle and Its Aftermath I: Economy and Society -- 33. The Fin de Siecle and Its Aftermath II: Explorers and Scholars -- 34. The Fin de Siecle and Its Aftermath III: Literature, Criticism, and the Arts -- 35. Demography and Occupations (1890-1920) -- 36. Zionism and Anti-Semitism in the Ea
Beschreibung:730 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:0814325610