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Żydowscy celnicy w Wielkim Księstwie Litewskim
w XVII–XVIII wieku

Publication date: 31.03.2017

Studia Judaica, 2016, No 2 (38), pp. 229 - 249

https://doi.org/10.4467/24500100STJ.16.011.6222

Authors

Maria Cieśla
German Historical Institute Warsaw (Warsaw, Poland)
Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla PAN
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Żydowscy celnicy w Wielkim Księstwie Litewskim
w XVII–XVIII wieku

Abstract

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

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Information: Studia Judaica, 2016, No 2 (38), pp. 229 - 249

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:
Żydowscy celnicy w Wielkim Księstwie Litewskim
w XVII–XVIII wieku
English:
JEWISH TOLL COLLECTORS IN THE GRAND DUCHY OF LITHUANIA
IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES

Authors

German Historical Institute Warsaw (Warsaw, Poland)

Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla PAN

Published at: 31.03.2017

Article status: Open

Licence: None

Percentage share of authors:

Maria Cieśla (Author) - 100%

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Publication languages:

Polish, English