On the Civil Improvement of the Jews

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-205-22202-6
Verlag: Böhlau

Buch, Deutsch, Band Band 001, 132 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 207 mm x 296 mm, Gewicht: 448 g

Reihe: Quellen und Lehrmittel zur Geschichte der Juden im Heiligen Römischen Reich und seinen Nachfolgestaaten

This volume is the first complete translation of Christian Wilhelm Dohm’s treatise on the Civil Improvement of the Jews. It provides a novel access to a classic of the emancipation debate by placing it not only in the context of the Enlightenment, but also of the Holy Roman Empire as a mixed jurisdiction.

Christian Wilhelm Dohm’s treatise on the Civil Improvement of the Jews, published in 1781, is arguably the most important treatise on the emancipation of the Jews. This volume is the first complete translation – with the help of students of the Law Faculty of the University of Vienna – of this classic of the emancipation debate from the original German and French into English. It provides a novel access to the emancipation debate by placing Dohm and his work not only in the context of the Enlightenment, but also of the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation as a mixed jurisdiction. It thus provides new interpretations of Dohm’s arguments, which hitherto have remained enigmatic or simply been overlooked.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dohm, **Christian Wilhelm

Wendehorst, Stephan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Über Autor(innen)

Wendehorst, Stephan
Dr. Stephan Wendehorst ist Rechts- und Allgemeinhistoriker in Gießen und Wien.