Kith, Kin, and Neighbors : : Communities and Confessions in Seventeenth-Century Wilno /

Kith, Kin, and Neighbors : : Communities and Confessions in Seventeenth-Century Wilno / / David A. Frick.

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In the mid-seventeenth century, Wilno (Vilnius), the second capital of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, was home to Poles, Lithuanians, Germans, Ruthenians, Jews, and Tatars, who worshiped in Catholic, Uniate, Orthodox, Calvinist, and Lutheran churches, one synagogue, and one mosque. Visitors reg...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Frick, David A.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (560 p.) :; 7 halftones, 1 table, 13 maps, 4 line drawings
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Maps
  • A Note on Usage
  • Introduction
  • 1. Over the Quartermaster's Shoulder
  • 2. The Neighbors
  • 3. One Roof, Four Walls
  • 4. The Bells of Wilno
  • 5. Stereotyping, Writing, Speaking
  • 6. Birth, Baptism, Godparenting
  • 7. Education and Apprenticeship
  • 8. Courtship and Marriage
  • 9. Marital Discontents
  • 10. Guild House, Workshop, Brotherhood Altar
  • 11. Going to Law: The Language of Litigation
  • 12. War, Occupation, Exile, Liberation (1655-1661)
  • 13. Old Age and Poor Relief
  • 14. Death in Wilno
  • Epilogue: Conflict and Coexistence
  • Appendix A: Selected Streets and Areas Treated in the Text
  • Appendix B: Genealogical Tables
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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