Selma Stern

Court Jew

Contribution to the History of Absolutism in Europe

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The period of court absolutism and early capitalism extended from the end of the Renaissance to the Enlightenment

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 1984
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 641g
• ISBN-13: 9780887380198
• ISBN-10: 0887380190
• Artikelnr.: 23239481

Autorenporträt

Selma Stern

Inhaltsangabe

Preface, Introduction, The period of absolutism. The new concept of the
State. The idea of Staatsraison. The change in the form of the State. The
change in European economy. Mercantilism. The change in the conception of
the Jew. The change in his legal, political and economic position. The Jew
as a political problem. Germany after the Thirty Years' War. The German
princes and their attitude toward the Jew. The German merchant. The
alliance between the princes and the Jewish entrepreneurs. The rise of the
Court Jew. His functions. The Court Jew as an indispensable innovation of
Absolutism., CHAPTER I, The Commissary, The period of Louis XIV. The
European wars. Emperor Leopold I of Austria. The tasks of his
administration. The Austrian State. The War of Devolution. Samuel
Oppenheimer's appointment as War Commissary. His activity in the war of the
Empire against France. Disillusionment. His contribution in the war against
the Turks and in the War of the Palatine Succession. Difficulties. The
attitude of the Emperor, the generals, the officials. Oppenheimer's
indispensability. His credit. Cardinal Kollonitsch's attempt to overthrow
him. His contribution in the War of the Spanish Succession. The reasons for
his success. His personality. His business system. Contractors and agents.
Oppenheimer's death. The catastrophe of the Austrian State. Oppenheimer's
successors. The war commissaries of the German princes. Israel Aron and
Elias Gumperts in Prussia. Abraham Maendle and Anschel Levy in Bavaria. Jud
Suess in Wuerttemberg. The hazardous position of the contractors. The
importance of the Jewish war commissioners., CHAPTER II, The Court
Contractor, The German princes at the end of the Thirty Years' War. The
Court as the political and cultural center of the country. The tolerance of
some of the rulers. The craving for luxuries. The international connections
of the Court Jews. The Jewish private banker. Luxury goods and banking as
the basis of the Court Jews' activity. The

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Preface, Introduction, The period of absolutism. The new concept of the State. The idea of Staatsraison. The change in the form of the State. The change in European economy. Mercantilism. The change in the conception of the Jew. The change in his legal, political and economic position. The Jew as a political problem. Germany after the Thirty Years' War. The German princes and their attitude toward the Jew. The German merchant. The alliance between the princes and the Jewish entrepreneurs. The rise of the Court Jew. His functions. The Court Jew as an indispensable innovation of Absolutism., CHAPTER I, The Commissary, The period of Louis XIV. The European wars. Emperor Leopold I of Austria. The tasks of his administration. The Austrian State. The War of Devolution. Samuel Oppenheimer's appointment as War Commissary. His activity in the war of the Empire against France. Disillusionment. His contribution in the war against the Turks and in the War of the Palatine Succession. Difficulties. The attitude of the Emperor, the generals, the officials. Oppenheimer's indispensability. His credit. Cardinal Kollonitsch's attempt to overthrow him. His contribution in the War of the Spanish Succession. The reasons for his success. His personality. His business system. Contractors and agents. Oppenheimer's death. The catastrophe of the Austrian State. Oppenheimer's successors. The war commissaries of the German princes. Israel Aron and Elias Gumperts in Prussia. Abraham Maendle and Anschel Levy in Bavaria. Jud Suess in Wuerttemberg. The hazardous position of the contractors. The importance of the Jewish war commissioners., CHAPTER II, The Court Contractor, The German princes at the end of the Thirty Years' War. The Court as the political and cultural center of the country. The tolerance of some of the rulers. The craving for luxuries. The international connections of the Court Jews. The Jewish private banker. Luxury goods and banking as the basis of the Court Jews' activity. The