Roma-Gypsy Presence in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: 15th - 18th centuries - Hardcover

by Lech Mróz (Author)

An analysis of 166 documents---dating from the very first mention of a Gypsy in 1401 up to the year 1765-- illustrating how the position of Roma shifted from respected and partly settled citizens of the early modern times, towards criminalized vagrants of the 18th century.

Author Biography

Lech Mróz is Professor Emeritus at the University of Warsaw, Faculty of History, former Head of the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, advisor to the Roma Association in Poland, and co-founder of the Roma History Institute.