Description
The probate inventories of mid-eighteenth-century Viennese Court Jews provide a rare opportunity to reflect upon the role of material consumption in the processes of acculturation and class formation among Central European Jewish elites during the decades preceding the Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment). Probate inventories are lists of assets and possessions drawn up by government officials in the process of settling the estate of the deceased. These inventories require cautious interpretation by the historian, but potentially yield precious rewards since they afford a glimpse into the individual’s complex material world.
This presentation is for the following text(s):
- Domestic Interiors of Two Viennese Jewish Elites (Vienna Probate Court 1730s)
Start Date
23-8-2005 3:00 PM
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Domestic Interiors of Two Viennese Jewish Elites Probate Court in Vienna, 1730s
The probate inventories of mid-eighteenth-century Viennese Court Jews provide a rare opportunity to reflect upon the role of material consumption in the processes of acculturation and class formation among Central European Jewish elites during the decades preceding the Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment). Probate inventories are lists of assets and possessions drawn up by government officials in the process of settling the estate of the deceased. These inventories require cautious interpretation by the historian, but potentially yield precious rewards since they afford a glimpse into the individual’s complex material world.
This presentation is for the following text(s):
- Domestic Interiors of Two Viennese Jewish Elites (Vienna Probate Court 1730s)
