Language:
French
Year of publication:
1998
Titel der Quelle:
Archives Juives
Angaben zur Quelle:
31,1 (1998) 9-18
Keywords:
Catholic Church Relations
;
Judaism
;
Antisemitism History Middle Ages, 500-1500
;
Antisemitism History 1500-1800
;
Jews
;
Jews
;
Vatican City History
Abstract:
Surveys the history of legislation in the Papal States regarding distinctive clothing for Jews during the era preceding the French Revolution. Until then, Jews were required to wear a particular yellow hat which they regarded as degrading. Despite attempts by the Jewish community to revoke this law or modify the color of the hat, these requests were systematically refused. In 1768 France occupied the region and the pontifical governor, Durini, proposed initiatives to change the status of the Jews; for such innovations he was recalled to Rome in 1774. In 1790, France ratified the unification of Avignon with the new national government; thereafter, laws regarding special clothing for Jews were annulled. However, the Comtat region remained recalcitrant until 1791, when federalists used this issue as a symbol of loyalty to national unity.
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