Aspects of Stratification of Early Modern German Jewry: Population History and Village Jews

Toch, Michael; Hsia, R. Po-chia; Lehmann, Hartmut

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“…As mentioned earlier, Toch (1995) has pointed to another possible explanation: the internal composition of Jewish families and households. He has emphasized that governmental restrictions on settlement and marriage could result in larger households than those of nonJews, just as their relative prosperity could result in an unusually large number of servants.…”

Section: Jewish Households and Familiesmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…Using evidence from the Palatinate, Toch (1995) argued that larger Jewish communities resulted from ''a growing population and only a marginal increase in the number of places of residence where Jews were permitted to live. .…”

Section: The Jewish Population Of Marburg 1640s To 1800mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Conveniently, Toch (1995) has summarized some general views about population, household structure, and family life on which I shall focus:…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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“…Some general hypotheses about population development, household structure, and family life conveniently summarized by Toch [Toch, M. (1995). Aspects of stratification in early modern German Jewry: Population history and village Jews.…”

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The Jews of early modern Marburg, 1640s—1800

Soliday

2003

The History of the Family

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This article examines Jewish household and family organization in a middle-sized German city, the Upper Hessian regional center of Marburg, the population of which ranged from 2500 to 6000 from the Thirty Years War to the end of the 18th century. Some general hypotheses about population development, household structure, and family life conveniently summarized by Toch [Toch, M. (1995). Aspects of stratification in early modern German Jewry: Population history and village Jews. In R. P. Hsia & H. Lehmann (Eds.). In and out of the ghetto: Jewish-Gentile relations in late medieval and early modern Germany (pp. 77-89). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press] serve as an organizational frame for the case study. In Toch's view, Jews' comparative wealth, as well as governmental restrictions on their settlement and marriage in central Europe, led to their having larger and more complex households than those of the Christian majority. While household enumerations over time confirm several of Toch's observations, especially the larger size of Jewish families, neither Hessian settlement policy nor local Marburg opposition prevented the Jewish minority of about 1% from keeping pace with general population growth. Moreover, Jews did not respond to their regulated living conditions and status as cultural outsiders with a family organization exhibiting remarkably more internal complexity than did Christian households. D

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Section: Jewish Households and Familiesmentioning

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Section: The Jewish Population Of Marburg 1640s To 1800mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Conveniently, Toch (1995) has summarized some general views about population, household structure, and family life on which I shall focus:…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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