Commercial Relations between the Jews of Prague and Krakow in the Period before the Battle of White Mountain
Commercial Relations between the Jews of Prague and Krakow in the Period before the Battle of White Mountain

Summary/Abstract: Prague and Krakow are European metropolises that were already capital cities since the Middle Ages; the presence of sovereign courts significantly formed the character of both centres and influenced their economic and cultural development. Krakow, which had been a sovereign seat continously from the eleventh century until 1609 when the royal residence was transformed to Warsaw, over time became one of the largest eastern European metropolises, with a population of 34,000-37,000 at the beginning of the seventeenth century.

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