Language:
English
Year of publication:
1989
Titel der Quelle:
Jewish History
Angaben zur Quelle:
4,1 (1989) 31-58
Keywords:
Christianity and other religions Judaism To 1500
;
History
;
Jews History Middle Ages, 500-1500
;
Christian converts from Judaism
Abstract:
A revised version of a lecture delivered at the conference "Jewish-Christian Interaction in Western Christendom from 500-1700", Birmingham, July 1988. Examines privileges enjoyed by the Jews of the Holy Roman Empire, especially during the 11th-14th centuries in Germany. Discusses the protective charters of Henry IV (1050-1106) which opposed forced conversion and forced baptizing of children, allowed Jews to own Christian slaves, and to redeem stolen items. Later emperors (e.g. Frederick I and Frederick II) confirmed Henry's charters. These privileges often conflicted with the views of the Church and ecclesiastical law. Up to the mid-13th century, secular Jewry law in Germany held its own against the claims of ecclesiastical law. There was a marked deterioration in the situation of the Jews with the new interpretation of chamber-serfdom by King Rudolf I of Habsburg (1218-1291) who adopted ecclesiastical regulations, imposed new taxes on the Jews, and restricted their movement. His reign saw an increase in persecution and massacre of the Jews, and marked a crucial change of Jewish fortune in Germany.
Note:
A German version appeared in "Aschkenaz; Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Kultur der Juden" 1, 1991.
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