GERMAN

Der Hofjude Berend Lehmann (1661–1730): Eine Biografie

By Berndt Strobach

Book information

Publisher
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Year
2018
ISBN
9783110607703, 9783110604481, 9783110710076
Language
german
Format
EPUB
Filesize
24 MB (25507721 bytes)
Series
bibliothek altes Reich; 26
Pages
482\0
Time added
2023-05-24 03:13:49

Description

The financier Berend Lehmann ranks among the grandest and most controversial personalities in early modern Jewish history. As Augustus the Strong’s “court Jew,” he had a major role in Augustus’ acquisition of the Polish crown. Lehmann was admired by Jews as a saintly patriarch and benefactor while being defamed by anti-Semites as a usurer. Strobach presents the first critical biography of Lehmann, based on extensive source materials.

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