Publication
Abstract
Conference paper presented at the 12th International Congress of Ottoman Social and Economic History (ICOSEH), July 11-15, 2011, Retz (Austria). An analysis of various modes of Jewish settlement in two great empires of the early modern period: the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Empire.
Of special interest was the geographical area of Bohemia, Moravia and Lower Austria on one hand, and the central lands of the Ottoman Empire on the other. The main question was, how, if at all, these patterns fashioned the everyday life of the Jewish individuals.