Language:
English
Year of publication:
1994
Titel der Quelle:
Jewish History
Angaben zur Quelle:
8,1-2 (1994) 73-94
Keywords:
Jews
;
Jews History 1500-1800
Abstract:
Discusses a law suit which began in Leiden in 1553 between the sheriff of the town, Nicolaes van Berendrecht, and a converted Jew who practiced as a doctor, Andries Salomon. The town court of Leiden pronounced Salomon as incompetent and unqualified to practice medicine. Salomon appealed to the highest court, the Great Council of Mechelen, which granted safeguards to Salomon (who accused the sheriff of violent harassment) and stern warnings to the sheriff. The Leiden authorities defied the Great Council's injunction to stop the local prosecution of Salomon. The matter remained in deadlock until March 1561 when the Great Council pronounced a verdict against Salomon. Egmond takes issue with the conclusion of Jeremy Bangs ("Jewish Social Studies" 40, 1978) that the final sentence against Salomon is difficult to read as anything but veiled antisemitism. Concludes that, judging from the terminology of the documents of this case, there is no indication that explicit or implicit antisemitism was a motivating force in the decisions of the lower or of the higher court.
Note:
In Leiden. Refers, particularly, to J.D. Bangs's article on the subject ("Jewish Social Studies" 40, 1978).
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