To, co publiczne, i to, co prywatne, w egodokumentach amsterdamskich Żydów (ok. 1680–1830)

Abstract

The present article deals with egodocuments, written by Jews in Amsterdam, in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. It traces the development in this type of sources and assesses how the authors depicted various notions and aspects of privacy in them. The privacy aspects did not only pertain to the individuals, but also to the Jewish community as a whole and its relationship with the local population in Amsterdam as well as the state authorities. These findings have been placed in the historical and political context.