Jews and Heretics in Catholic Poland: A Beleaguered Church in the Post-Reformation Era

Contrary to the common contention that the Catholic Church triumphed in Counter-Reformation Poland, this study reveals that from the rise of the Reformation and the rapid dissemination of its new ideas, the Catholic Church was overcome with a strong sense of insecurity. The beleaguered Church sought to separate Catholics from non-Catholics: Jews and heretics. This process helped form a Polish identity that led to racial anti-Semitism and to the exclusion of even most assimilated Jews from the category of Poles. The book portrays Jews not only as victims of Church persecution but as active influential participants in Polish society.

Author: Magda Teter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 04/30/2009
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780521109918

About the Author
Teter, Magda: - Magda Teter is Assistant Professor of History at Wesleyan University. She is the recipient of the Koret Foundation publication prize and has been published in English, Polish and Hebrew in such journals as Jewish History, AJS Review and Gal-Ed.

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