Migration and Mobility in Prague’s Jewish Community during the Transition from the Middle Ages to the Modern Period
Autor:
Marie Buňatová (ed.)
Rok vydání:
2025
Nakladatel:
Böhlau Verlag
ISBN:
978-3-205-22161-6
This monograph by a team of authors (Marie Buňatová, Lenka Blechová, Eva Doležalová and Kajetán Holeček) presents the results of a research project carried out at the Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences by a team led by M. Buňatová as part of the Lumina queruntur Award.
Since the Middle Ages, the history of European Jews has been characterised by migrations that were triggered by expulsions from certain countries, but were also motivated by trade and cultural, religious and family contacts between the communities. This publication is the first comprehensive treatment of the topic of migration and mobility in the Jewish community in Prague. Based on extensive archival research, it offers a new perspective on the causes, course and consequences of the migration of Prague‘s Jews. At the same time, the authors also trace the supra-regional mobility of Jewish merchants and traders, family networks and the mobility of rabbis, doctors and other scholars whose fates were linked to Prague
The book can be purchased on the Böhlau Verlag e-shop.
