Poland and the magnates - the magnates, the latifundium; the Sieniawskis and Czartoryskis and their latifundium - the owners, thw owner's task, latifundium income; the Jews as latifundium residents - background - Jews in Poland, the Jews in the towns, economic and occupational structure, rights and obligations; the Jews, the magnates, and commerce - noble and magnate support, magnate motives, the "Splaw"; the Jewish freighters; the Jews as latifundium arrendators - Arenda vs Dzierzawa, rights available for lease, choosing an arrendator, the payment order system, the arrendator's position, arrendator-magnate relations; the Jews in the latifundium administration - Dr Mojzes Fortis, Yisrael Rubinowicz - General Manager, Rubinowicz's wealth, status, and power, Fortis, Rubinowicz, and Polish culture, the perils of prominence; the magnates and the Jewish community. Appendices: the Jewish population in the Czartoryski territories ca. 1766; currency in Poland in the early 18th century.
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