Language:
French
Year of publication:
2007
Titel der Quelle:
Centrale
Angaben zur Quelle:
305 (2007) 21-24
Keywords:
Napoléon
;
Jews History 1800-2000
;
Antisemitism History 1800-2000
Abstract:
Examines the "infamous decree" of 1808 as the result of a process through which Napoleon brought the French Jews under supervision and in some respects reversed their situation back to what it had been prior to 1791. The financial distress of Alsatian peasants who were in debt to local Jews became a state matter due to the Emperor's involvement. Debates about a possible law of exception punishing Jewish moneylenders occupied the Council of State. In 1806 Napoleon convened an assembly of Jewish deputies to discuss their views on French laws. The question of mixed marriage prompted him to reestablish the Great Sanhedrin, and in 1807 the work of the Jewish deputies resulted in the organization of French Jewry in departments governed by consistoires. Finally, the "infamous decree" cancelled half of the debts owed to Jews, obliged them to have licenses to do business, prohibited their settling in Alsace, and prohibited foreign Jews from settling in France. The law was not renewed in 1818.
Note:
Appeared previously as "Napoléon et le décret dit 'infâme'" in "Bilan de la Révolution française" (1995) 41-49.
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