Pinkas: from communal archive to total history
TitleThe Pinkas: from communal archive to total history
Author
Call number947.004924/0031
Object number09752a
Place of publicationOxford, England
PublisherThe Littman Library of Jewish civilization, American Association for Polish-Jewish Studies.
Year of publication
2017
Physical descriptionpp19-40
MaterialArticle
Series titlePolin : studies in Polish Jewry, Vol. 29
ISBN9781906764487
NotesArticle from the book 'Writing Jewish History in Eastern Europe' pp19-40
Description
Discussion of the historical development of the Jewish community registers (Pinkas Hakahal) in Eastern Europe, throughout the 16th-19th centuries, and citing significant external forces that had an impact upon this development.
