Jews and Heretics in Catholic Poland: A Beleaguered Church in the Post-Reformation Era (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521109918)

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
ISBN-10: 0521109914
ISBN-13: 9780521109918
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/30/2009
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d