Rescue the surviving souls : the great Jewish refugee crisis of the seventeenth century / Adam Teller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Teller, Adam, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish refugees--Poland.

Jewish refugees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 pages) : maps

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A groundbreaking examination of a little-known but defining episode in early modern Jewish history A refugee crisis of huge proportions erupted as a result of the mid-seventeenth-century wars in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Tens of thousands of Jews fled their homes, or were captured and trafficked across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. "Rescue the Surviving Souls" is the first book to examine this horrific moment of displacement and flight, and to assess its social, economic, religious, cultural, and psychological consequences. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources in twelve languages, Adam Teller traces the entire course of the crisis, shedding fresh light on the refugee experience and the various relief strategies developed by the major Jewish centers of the day.Teller pays particular attention to those thousands of Jews sent for sale on the slave markets of Istanbul and the extensive transregional Jewish economic network that coalesced to ransom them. He also explores how Jewish communities rallied to support the refugees in central and western Europe, as well as in Poland-Lithuania, doing everything possible to help them overcome their traumatic experiences and rebuild their lives."Rescue the Surviving Souls" offers an intimate study of an international refugee crisis, from outbreak to resolution, that is profoundly relevant today.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Note on Place-Names and Transliteration

Maps

Introduction

Part I. Wartime Chaos and Its Resolution: The Internally Displaced in Eastern Europe

Part II. Capture, Slavery, and Ransom: The Trafficked in the Mediterranean World

Part III. Westward: The Refugees in the Holy Roman Empire and Beyond

Conclusion

Appendix: The Question of Numbers

Notes

Bibliography of Primary Sources

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780691199863

0691199868

OCLC:

1140409502