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Shakhna Yavne Yosef
Lviv wholesaler engaged in trade with Jewish merchants from Byzantium and Italy.
Kaleb
Jewish merchant from Kafa who established a branch in Lviv in 1442.
Shakhna
Customs lessee and lender who conducted extensive business in Lviv.
Kristophoros Gardia
Creditor involved in a prolonged legal dispute with Kaleb.
Pyotr Adravaz
Lviv voivode who protected and guaranteed Kaleb.
Dina
Shakhna’s wife who worked with him in business.
Shlomo
Professional lender who made more than twenty loans to Lviv residents.
Yitzhak
Lender who generally lent money to nobles, customs lessees, and merchants.
Tuvia
Husband of Gershonova, reportedly killed by a Christian.
Capistrano
Zealous friar who incited crowds against Jews.
Dr. N. M. Galcher
Named contributor or author appearing in the passage heading.
Jagiełło
King associated with a privilege for Lviv Jews in 1387.
Jan Albrecht
King who granted tax relief and recognized trade rights.
Stefan
Moldavian hospodar who attacked Ruthenia and reached Lviv.
Alexander
Ruler who succeeded the previous monarch and granted Lviv Jews commercial privileges.
Sigismund I
Ruler who confirmed privileges granted to Lviv Jews in 1507.
Sigismund I
King who issued regulations restricting Jewish commerce in Lviv.
Odnowski
Starosta instructed to assist the city in searching for and expelling Jewish refugees.
Dr. N. M. Galger
Named author or subject in the passage.
Sigismund I
King who was petitioned for new restrictions concerning Jews in 1546.
Golda Yuskova
Yosef ben Shakhna’s wife who maintained commercial ties with the royal court.
Pesach
Yosef ben Shakhna’s son who managed his father’s businesses.
Shalom-Shakhna
Yosef ben Shakhna’s younger brother who became a rabbi in Lublin.
Jacob Pollak
A rabbi whose yeshiva in Krakow Shalom-Shakhna attended.
Moshe Fishel
A rabbi appointed chief rabbi of Lesser Poland together with Shalom-Shakhna.
King Sigismund
The king who ruled in favor of Lviv in a 1538 commercial dispute.
Sigismund Augustus
King who protected Jewish rights and ordered action over a disputed plot.
Amatus Lusitanus
Jewish physician from Portugal invited by the king.
Solomon Ashkenazi
Physician from Udine invited by the king.
Solomon Kalhora
Physician who succeeded Solomon Ashkenazi and settled in Krakow.
Casimir the Great
King associated with earlier Jewish privileges.
Isaac ben Nahman (Nahmanovich)
Man who wanted to build a house on Jewish Street.
Christian widow
Owner of the Ruska Street plot who refused to sell it.
Mikolaj Herburt of Felsztyn
A starosta tasked with enforcing tax relief for Jews after the fire.
Sultan Bayezid II
He intervened diplomatically over Moses’s confiscated merchandise.
Nathan
A Jewish merchant conducting extensive trade with Turkey in 1531.