Antisemitism: the foundation of the Polish nation?

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Abstract

The modern Polish nation was ultimately forged out of a union between former Poland-Lithuania’s nobility and Slavophone Catholic peasants. This process of creating ethnic Poles was anything but easy, with antisemitism often used as a means of overcoming the estate chasm between nobles and peasantry.
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages12
Specialist publicationNew Eastern Europe
Publication statusPublished - 17 Jan 2024

Keywords

  • Antisemitism
  • Society of estates
  • Nation building
  • Polish history
  • Jewish history

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