Roma-Gypsy Presence in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth : : 15th – 18th centuries / / Lech Mróz.

This is an analysis of 166 original and previously unpublished documents dating from the very first mention of a Gypsy in 1401 up to the year 1 765. These documents range from royal decrees thru lawsuits to entries in municipal records. Some were written in Polish but many are in Latin, German or Ru...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2016
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Place / Publishing House:Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (332 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 The Arrival of the Gypsies to Poland
  • Chapter 2 Gypsies in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 16th Century
  • Chapter 3 Piotr Rotemberg—A Philistine from Egypt Minor, with His Company
  • Chapter 4 “That there should be no Gypsies in the Crown”1—Times of Repressions
  • Chapter 5 Cultural Adaptation of Gypsies in the 17th Century
  • Chapter 6 Gypsy Kings and Elders
  • Chapter 7 Gypsies as a Criminal Element in the 18th century
  • Chapter 8 Gypsies at the Landed Properties of the Sanguszko and Radziwiłł Families
  • Conclusions
  • Source materials
  • References
  • Register for Geographical Names
  • Index