“Edict” issued by King Ferdinand I [Present-day Czech Republic; Kingdom of Bohemia]: “[…] Jews may take only 2 pennies per [each] Schock [currency] on loans made on pledges and […] all Jews, who are subjects to other lords, are to leave the city […]” [Researcher’s note: King Ferdinand had issued this edict in an attempt to appease the unrest and general intolerance against Jews that was growing among the locals.]
Zur Geschichte der Juden in Böhmen, Mähren und Schlesien von 906 bis 1620. Herausgegeben von Gottlieb Bondy, em. Präsidenten der Handels- und Gewerbekammer in Prag. Zur Herausgabe vorbereitet und ergänzt von Franz Dworsky, em. Director des Landesarchivs des Königreiches Böhmens. I. 906 bis 1576. (Prag; 1906); (Regarding the history of Jews in Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia from 906 to 1620. Published by Gottlieb Bondy, fo[rmer] President of the Trade and Commerce and Industry in Prague. Prepared for publication and supplemented by Franz Dworsky, fo[rmer] Director of the National Archives of the Kingdom of Bohemia. I. 906 to 1576.); (Prague; 1906); Researched and Translated by Ziba Shadjaani 6/17/2019