Language:
English
Year of publication:
1991
Titel der Quelle:
Michael; on the History of the Jews in the Diaspora
Angaben zur Quelle:
12 (1991) 213-232
Keywords:
Catholic Church Clergy
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Christianity and other religions Judaism 13th century
;
History
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Christianity and antisemitism History To 1500
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Jews History 13th century
;
Jews
;
Jews
;
Carpentras (France)
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Comtat Venaissin (France)
Abstract:
King Philip III of France ceded the region Comtat Venaissin to the papacy in 1274. In the late 13th century there were about 20 Jewish settlements there, the Jews being subjects of various lay and clerical authorities. In the capital, Carpentras, the policies of the bishops who owned the Jews were characterized by antipathy and repeated expulsions. The Jews were expelled in 1269 for supporting local Christian opposition to the bishop. From 1273, Jews began to return to Carpentras, and signed an agreement with the new bishop. There was conflict over who "owned" the Jews who remained in the Comtat but who did not return to Carpentras (ca. 30-40 people). In 1275, Pope Gregory X authorized an investigation, headed by Berenger de Seguret, into the harassment of these Jews, which resulted in a letter to the provost of the cathedral of Orange to order all clerics to cease their harassment of the Jews who were now papal subjects. The main reason for the desire to exercise authority over the Jews was to win the rights over tax revenues.
Note:
Appeared also in his "Ideology and Royal Power in Medieval France" (2001).
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