TY - BOOK ID - 885599 TI - European Jewry in the Age of Mercantilism, 1550-1750 PY - 1985 SN - 0198219288 0191678333 PB - Oxford Clarendon Press DB - UniCat KW - History of Europe KW - anno 1500-1799 KW - Europe KW - -Jews KW - -Hebrews KW - Israelites KW - Jewish people KW - Jewry KW - Judaic people KW - Judaists KW - Ethnology KW - Religious adherents KW - Semites KW - Judaism KW - Ethnic relations KW - History KW - -History KW - Jews KW - Ethnic relations. KW - -Ethnic relations KW - -Europe KW - Hebrews KW - Juifs / en Europe. 1550-1750. KW - Joden / in Europa. 1550-1750. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:885599 AB - Contrary to commonly accepted belief, the 16th and 17th centuries marked a radically new phase in Jewish history. Far more than a mere extension of the Jewish Middle Ages, this was an era in which European Jewry was partially set free from the stifling restraints and restrictions of the past. This historical survey focuses on the rapidly expanding Jewish role in the political, economic, and cultural realms that began in the 1570s, when the tide of mercantilism, politique attitudes, and raison d'Etat political theory swept Jews back into the mainstream of western life. The book highlights the interaction between Jewry and the European states, seeing the golden age of the "Court Jews" from 1650 to 1713 as the peak period of Jewish impact on European culture and affairs, and concludes with the decline of Jewish influence on European society in the 18th century. ER -