1. The Origins And Development Of Hasidic Jewry And Its Alterations Of Jewish Faith In Poland
... year 1264, the Krakow Prince Boleslaus (nicknamed "the Modest") issued a General Charter of Jewish Liberties, something unheard of for the time. Excluding a couple of Jews being erroneously executed after being found guilty of heresy in the 16th and 17th Centuries, the Polish government primarily followed this charter. Sixteenth Century King Sigismund I encouraged Jewish immigration [Davies, G d's Playground Vol. I, 190-6]. In that ... men dissipated their followings by opportunistically accepting conversion - to Islam, in the case of Sabbatai Zevi, to Christianity, in the case of Frank...
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