Jewish emancipation

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Jewish emancipation was the 18th–19th century process across Europe of abolishing legal restrictions on Jews and granting them equal civil and political rights within modern nation-states.

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instanceOf historical process
legal reform
political movement
aimedAt abolition of legal restrictions on Jews
granting equal civil rights to Jews
granting equal political rights to Jews
beganWith emancipation of Jews in France
consequence decline of autonomous Jewish communal jurisdiction
expansion of Jewish participation in higher education
expansion of Jewish participation in the professions
integration of Jews into European civic life
rise of Jewish assimilation
rise of modern antisemitism
hasLocation Europe
hasMainPeriod 18th century
19th century
hasPart Austrian Jewish emancipation
British Jewish emancipation
Dutch Jewish emancipation
French Jewish emancipation
German Jewish emancipation
Italian Jewish emancipation
Prussian Jewish emancipation
Russian Jewish emancipation attempts
influencedBy ideas of citizenship and equality before the law
liberalism
secularization
keyEvent 1791 French National Assembly decree granting Jews full citizenship
December Constitution of 1867
surface form: Austrian December Constitution of 1867

British Jewish Relief Act 1858
German Empire constitution of 1871 guaranteeing civil equality
Prussian Edict of Emancipation of 1812
legalForm abolition of special Jewish taxes
granting Jews access to professions
granting Jews military service rights and duties
granting Jews political rights
granting Jews right to own land
removal of residential restrictions on Jews
opposedBy church authorities in some countries
conservative forces
corporate guild interests
precededBy ghettoization of Jews in Europe
medieval Jewish disabilities
relatedConcept Haskalah
Jewish assimilation
Jewish civil rights
modern antisemitism
relatedTo Age of Enlightenment
surface form: Enlightenment

French Revolution
rise of modern nation-states
supportedBy Enlightenment philosophers
Jewish reformers
liberal politicians
timeSpan circa late 18th century to late 19th century

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Leo Pinsker mainSubject Jewish emancipation