TY - JOUR TI - Żydowscy celnicy w Wielkim Księstwie Litewskim w XVII–XVIII wieku AU - Cieśla, Maria TI - Żydowscy celnicy w Wielkim Księstwie Litewskim w XVII–XVIII wieku AB - The purpose of this article is to show the Jewish involvement in the toll collection in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The following aspects are explored: the legal position, the financial involvement and conditions of the everyday work of the Jewish toll collectors, as well as the conflicts connected with this profession. The author based her research upon mostly unknown primary sources, including Lithuanian treasury documents and different court acts. Upon examination of those sources it becomes clear that the Jews played a significant role in the tax collection in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in that period. What is more, not only members of the economic elite were involved in the cooperation with the state treasury VL - 2016 IS - Nr 2 (38) PY - 2017 SN - 1506-9729 C1 - 2450-0100 SP - 229 EP - 249 DO - 10.4467/24500100STJ.16.011.6222 UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-judaica/artykul/zydowscy-celnicy-w-wielkim-ksiestwie-litewskim-w-xvii-xviii-wieku KW - żydowscy celnicy KW - żydowskie elity finansowe