=Diet, The=, in Poland, term defined, I 76 controlled by Shlakhta, I 58, 77, 160 authority of, undermined by _liberum veto_, I 92, 168 Jews represented at, by "syndics," I 111 anti-Jewish tendency of, I 76 f, 160 preceded by anti-Jewish propaganda, I 165 counteracts benevolent intentions of kings, I 160 censures King Sobieski for interest in Jews, I 167 condemns anti-Jewish riots, I 166 f, 171 fixes amount of Jewish head-tax, I 194 granted right to elect government, I 263 Jews admitted to Warsaw during sessions of, I 268 ff re-established in duchy of Warsaw, I 298 Coronation D's., name explained, I 98 Jewish privileges ratified at, I 98, 160, 168 =Election D's.=, name explained, I 98 Individual Diets, according to years: 1423 (of Varta), restricts financial operations of Jews, I 58 1454 (of Nyeshava), rescinds Jewish privileges, I 63 1496 (of Piotrkov), confirms restrictions of Nyeshava Diet, I 64 1521 (of Piotrkov), limits commerce of Lemberg Jews, I 75 1538 (of Piotrkov), passes anti-Jewish "constitution," I 77; confirmed by Diet of 1562, 1565 and 1768, I 87 1548 (of Piotrkov), Sigismund II. ratifies Jewish charter at, I 83 1618, discusses passionately Jewish question, I 97 1643 (of Warsaw), restricts profits of Jews, I 99 1658 (of Warsaw), expels sectarians from Poland, I 91 1670 (of Warsaw), restricts financial operations of Jews, I 160 1693 (of Grodno), arraigns Bezalel, Jewish tax-farmer, I 167 1717 (of Warsaw), increases Jewish head-tax, I 169; protests against anti-Jewish riots, I 171 1740, rejects resolution turning Jews into serfs, I 170 1764 (of Warsaw), alters system of Jewish taxation, I 181, 197; prohibits conventions of Jewish District elders, I 198 1768 (of Warsaw), renews commercial restrictions of 1538, I 182, 267; admits Jews temporarily to Warsaw, I 268 1788-1791, see Diet, Quadrennial 1808, elections to, force Government to take up Jewish question, I 299 1818, first D. of kingdom of Poland, displays anti-Jewish attitude, II 96, 99 1831, releases Jews from conscription, II 107