Jews in the Netherlands

Tirtsah Levie Bernfeld is an independent scholar in early modern European Jewish History, concentrating in particular on social and cultural aspects of the Jews in the western Sephardi diaspora. Bart Wallet is professor of early modern and modern Jewish history at the University of Amsterdam. He is co-editor-in-chief of Studia Rosenthaliana: Journal of the History, Culture and Heritage of the Jews in the Netherlands and editor of the European Journal of Jewish Studies.

• Introduction by the authors 1295 Middle Ages: Jodenstraat in Maastricht 1600 The seventeenth century: the century of ‘New Jews’ 1700 Eighteenth century: a time of expansion and stability 1800 Nineteenth century, the century of integration 1900 Twentieth century: a century of extremes 2000 Twenty-first century Glossary Bibliography Acknowledgements