Oct. 30, 1401

“Privileg” issued by King Rupert [Ruprecht] of Germany [Present-day Germany; Electorate of the Palatinate]: “[… each Jew and each Jewess] who have reached the age of 12 are to be taxed – that is after the age of eleven […]”
König Ruprecht von der Pfalz in seinen Beziehungen zu den Juden. Ungedruckte Königsurkunden nebst ergänzenden Aktenstücken. Gesammelt und mitgeteilt von Moritz Stern. (“King Rupert of Palatinate in his relations to Jews. Unprinted royal documents together with supplemental documents. Collected and shared with Moritz Stern”); (Keil; 1898); Researched and Translated by Ziba Shadjaani 12/29/2019