Language:
German
Year of publication:
1992
Titel der Quelle:
Studien zur jüdischen Geschichte und Soziologie
Angaben zur Quelle:
(1992) 143-163
Keywords:
Pfefferkorn, Johannes,
;
Reuchlin, Johann,
;
Uriel von Gemmingen
;
Maximilian
;
Antisemitism History 16th century
;
Jews History 16th century
;
Confiscations
;
Books and reading Religious aspects 16th century
;
Christianity
;
History
;
Jewish literature Censorship 16th century
;
History
Abstract:
Traces the deliberations over the proposal of Johannes Pfefferkorn to examine all Jewish post-biblical books and confiscate those which blasphemed against Christianity or contained heretical views. The Emperor Maximilian I, in 1509, empowered Pfefferkorn to implement his project; he then confiscated a large number of books in the Rhineland. However, when the Archbishop of Mainz, Uriel von Gemmingen, protested, the Emperor ruled that the books should be returned to their owners until Uriel obtained opinions from experts at universities as well as from other scholars, among them Reuchlin. All the experts were in favor of confiscation, except Reuchlin. He wanted the books to be preserved for the sake of scholarship, and asserted that Christians had no right to interfere with the Jews' religion. In the end, the decision was indefinitely deferred.
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