OAJA Acts

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1. Full Date of Act
1299 C.E.
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Statutes of the Council of Vich (Catalonia) (1299)
3. Geography of Act
Present-day France; Present-day Spain [Provisional]
4. Text of Act

“Jews are to wear a badge so large and of a distinct color on their breast, that they may be seen and recognized. Furthermore, we prohibit them from having Christian nurses. Meat butchered by Jews shall not be sold to the Christian faithful. Moreover, we enjoin all princes, Castilian barons, and other secular lords, as well as their administrators in the Diocese and Province of [Gallia] Lugdunensis, from letting Jews enjoy public office of any nature, under penalty of excommunication.”
5. Source
Grayzel, Solomon. The Church and the Jews in the XIIIth Century, Volume II (1254-1315). The Jewish Theological Seminary of America: New York, 1989. Page 262.
6. Researcher
Dominik Jacobs
7. Year of Research
2019
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
1299
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Exhibita nobis” (“Show Us”) issued by Pope Boniface VIII
3. Geography of Act
Papal States
4. Text of Act

Commentary from other sources: 1) Declaring Jews to be included among powerful persons who might be denounced to the Inquisition without the name of the accuser being revealed (V. R. i. 251). Deutsch, Gotthard and Joseph Jacobs: Jewish Encyclopedia: The Popes
5. Source
None
6. Researcher
None
7. Year of Research
None
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
1299
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Forced Conversion of Jews” edicts issued by King James II
3. Geography of Act
Kingdom of Aragon
4. Text of Act

Commentary from other sources: 1) By an edict of 1278, Pope Nicholas III assigned Dominican and Franciscan friars the official duty of working to convert the Jewish community. As part of this project, King James II of Aragon granted Ramon Llull permission to preach in Jewish synagogues on the Sabbath. Haskell, Ellen: Mystical Resistance: Uncovering the Zohar’s Conversations with Christianity; (New York; 2016)
5. Source
None
6. Researcher
None
7. Year of Research
None
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Jan. 6, 1299
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Writ of Albert I
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act

Albert I certifies his previous verdict [which stipulated] that the debt-claims of his killed Jews who do not have an heir, belong rightfully [to] Archbishop Gerhard of Mainz.
5. Source
Regesten zur Geschichte der Juden in Deutschland während des Mittelalters. Bearbeitet von Dr. M. Wiener. Erster Teil. (Regesta regarding the history of Jews in Germany during the Middle Ages. Edited by M[eir] Wiener, PhD. First Part.); Hannover; 1862;
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2020
8. Notes
Researcher
The above is a translation of a German summary of the original Latin text which can be found in Guden’s Codex Diplomaticus (Volume I).
1. Full Date of Act
Oct. 3, 1299
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Special Taxation of Jews” order issued by King Albrecht
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt
4. Text of Act

We King Albrecht […] accept to have the Jews of Frankfurt pay 500 Pounds Heller ('libras hallensium') per year to the Archbishop [Gerhard II] as compensation for the tithes and incidences which he, in his function of Archbishop and Arch-Chancellor ('racione cancellarie') was to receive from the Jews of the kingdom.
5. Source
UB Frankfurt 1, Nr. 750, S. 375 f.; MGH [Monumenta Germaniae Historia] Const. [Constitutiones] Bd . 4, 1, Nr. 98, S. 73; (Certificate Book [of] Frankfurt 1, No. 750, p. 375 f.; Monuments of German Historical Constitutions Vol. 4, 1, No. 98, p. 73);
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2017
8. Notes
Researcher
The Archbishop was to receive this money in addition to the income in the amount of 200 Cologne Coins (Kölner Denare) he was granted previously by King Aldolf. King Albrecht promised the Jews of Frankfurt that he will raise no more taxes from them because of this.”
1. Full Date of Act
Oct. 18, 1299
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Ordinance” of King Albrecht I of Habsburg
3. Geography of Act
Europe (multi-countries)
4. Text of Act

We, King Albrecht [I] of Habsburg […] order the Jews of Dortmund – Our chamber-servants – to obey the Archbishop Wikhold of Cologne in his place of authority […] as we have decided by the common consensus of the princes (‘de communi consensus principum nostrorum’) to give Wikbold the entire city of Dortmund with all the equipment/accessories that are inside and outside of the city, including the Jews. […]
5. Source
Köln, HAStadt, Best. 210, U 1/646, Orig., lat., Perg. (“Cologne, Historical Archive of the City, Record 210, U 1/646, Orig[inal], Latin, [on] Parchment Paper”)
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2017
8. Notes
Editor
Present-day Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Switzerland
1. Full Date of Act
Oct. 20, 1299
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Writ of Albert I
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act

Albert I transfers to the nobleman Johann von Limburg (‘Limpurch’) the office/right of the Burgmann* for the castle of Kalsmunt and pledges the Jews in Limburg for 300 Mark to him, as did King Rudolf )…] for his father Gerlach.
5. Source
Regesten zur Geschichte der Juden in Deutschland während des Mittelalters. Bearbeitet von Dr. M. Wiener. Erster Teil. (Regesta regarding the history of Jews in Germany during the Middle Ages. Edited by M[eir] Wiener, PhD. First Part.); (Hannover; 1862);
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2020
8. Notes
Researcher
*A Burgmann (literally: man-of-the-castle was - a title of nobility. The above is a translation of a German summary of the original text; a copy of it can be found at the Roncioni Archive in Pisa.
1. Full Date of Act
Dec. 1, 1299
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Mandate” of King Albrecht I of Habsburg to the Jews of Dortmund
3. Geography of Act
Europe (multi-countries)
4. Text of Act

[…] the Jewish magistrates and the Jews of Dortmund have not obeyed Our order [of October 18, 1299] […] and as it has been reported to Us, have made payments […] so large and grave, that some have moved their residency to other places. […] Some people have [even] used violence to extort such payments. […] Not only have you been affected by these disadvantages and large losses, but the kingdom and the Archbishop as well. […] no one [except the Archbishop] shall claim for himself the rights on the goods of the Jews and the Jews themselves […]. If the Jews do not obey Our mandate, We shall regard them as hostile and contemptuous […] and punish them accordingly. […]
5. Source
Köln, HAStadt, Best. 210, U 1/653, Orig., lat., Perg. (“Cologne, Historical Archive of the City, Record 210, U 1/653, Orig[inal], Latin, [on] Parchment Paper”)
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2017
8. Notes
Editor
Present-day Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Switzerland
1. Full Date of Act
Dec. 10, 1299
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Royal Deed” of King Albrecht I
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Germany; Free Imperial City of Mainz
4. Text of Act

We, King Albrecht […] extend our favor/benevolence to all of the Jews – Our chamber-servants - in the Roman Kingdom/Empire […]. For the sake of justice and Our grace, no Jew – individually and collectively – shall demand interests – for any reason whatsoever – from Our beloved prince and godfather Archbishop Gerhard of Eppstein for any amount [of money] he owes [to them], but to be content with the repayment of only the borrowed sum/amount. In case the Jews do not obey this order, they should know that they shall find no audience (be heard) by either the judges in Our kingdom or Ourselves in this matter. […]
5. Source
Wiesbaden, HStA, Abt. 22 U 385, Orig., lat., Perg. (“Wiesbaden, Main State Archive, Dept. 22 U 385, Orig[inal], Latin, [on] Parchment Paper”)
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2017
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
1300 C.E.
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Peace Commandment of Mainz” ordinance issued by the City of Mainz
3. Geography of Act
Free Imperial City of Mainz; Present-day Germany [Provisional]
4. Text of Act

“[…] if a Jew injures/wounds or hits/beats another Jew or Christian in Mainz, he has to pay five Pounds Heller for the beating and 10 Pounds Heller for the injury, and may remain in Mainz; should he lack the funds, [however], he shall sojourn outside of the city […] until he has come to an agreement with a Jew and a Christian, both of whom shall be honorable [people], and pay the penalty. […] A Jews who asks a citizen of Mainz to help him according to Jewish law, shall pay 40 Pounds of Heller to the city, while the helper shall leave Mainz for one month as penance. […]”
5. Source
Würzburg, StA, Mainzer Urkunden, Weltlicher Schrank, L 68/2 ½, Orig., dt., Perg. (Würzburg, State Archive, [Official] Documents of Mainz, Secular Cabinet, L68/2 ½, Orig[inal], [on] Parchment Paper”)
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2017
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Mar. 10, 1300
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Royal Order” of King Albrecht I of Habsburg
3. Geography of Act
Dukedom of Austria and Styria; Kingdom of Germany
4. Text of Act

[…] all Jews […] including Ananias as well as other Jews in Our kingdom […] shall not be paid (receive) any interests on the principal of loans […] from the Eberbach Abby or the Cistercian order. […] All such [existing] guarantees, certificates [debts], and contracts are to be deemed void. […]
5. Source
Wiesbaden, HStA, Abt. 22 U 436, fol. 12r, Nr. 76, Abschr. (um 1300), lat., Perg. (“Wiesbaden, Main State Archive, Dept. 22 U 436, fol. 12r, No. 76, Copy (ca. 1300), Latin, [on] Parchment Paper”)
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2017
8. Notes
Researcher
A similar order was reissued by the king on June 29, 1300.
1. Full Date of Act
May 28, 1300
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Official Agreement” of Bishop Ludolf of Minden and Count Johann von Wunstorf
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Germany; Bishopric of Minden
4. Text of Act

We, Ludolfus and bishop of the church of Minden, and Johannes […] von Wunstorf have - through the mediation of the noble Count Otto of Wölpe – have set aside our severe hostility over the castle and the town of Wunstorf […]. In the future, as before, we agree to co-own the castle, so long it is not destroyed – and the city and the mill near the ditch, the fishery, the coin/money, the toll-payments, the Jews, and the jurisdiction and rights over them all and to divide all revenues gained from them equally between us. […]
5. Source
Münster, LA, Fürstentum and Domkapitel Minden, Urkunden, Nr. 68, Orig., lat., Perg. (“Münster, LA, [Land-Archive], Principality and Cathedral Chapter Minden, [Official] Documents, No. 68, Orig[inal], Latin, [on] Parchment Paper”);
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2017
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Feb. 8, 1301
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Official Decree” of King Albrecht I of Habsburg
3. Geography of Act
Europe (multi-countries)
4. Text of Act

[…] to the Councilmen and citizens of Dortmund, and the local Jews as well as all Jews who reside in Westfalen, and belong to Our kingdom […] we place the Jews under the trusted jurisdiction of Count Eberhard [II. von der Mark] […].
5. Source
Münster, LA, Grafschaft Mark, Urkuden, Nr. 26, Orig., lat., Perg. (Münster, LA [Land-Archive], County Mark, [Official] Documents, No. 26, Orig[inal], Latin, [on] Parchment Paper)
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2017
8. Notes
Editor
Present-day Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Switzerland
1. Full Date of Act
Feb. 9, 1301
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Writ of Albert I
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act

Albert I promises the Abby Henry (‘Heinrich’) of Fuld 500 Mark of Cologne Pounds (‘kölner Pfund’) and pledges the Jews of Fuld to him as security.
5. Source
Regesten zur Geschichte der Juden in Deutschland während des Mittelalters. Bearbeitet von Dr. M. Wiener. Erster Teil. (Regesta regarding the history of Jews in Germany during the Middle Ages. Edited by M[eir] Wiener, PhD. First Part.); (Hannover; 1862);
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2020
8. Notes
Researcher
The above is a translation of a German summary of the original Latin text, which can be found in Schannat’s Historia Fuldensis.
1. Full Date of Act
Mar. 23, 1301
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Regulation” entered into the guild books of the “wool weavers” of Stendal
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Germany; Margraviate of Brandenburg
4. Text of Act

No one is to purchase wool from Jews or out of town [of Stendal] […]. Those who defy this order and violate the ordinance, are to pay 10 Schillings to the town and the guilds […].
5. Source
Stendal, State Archive (StadtA), I.o69c, fol. 19r, Transcript (1458)
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2017
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
May 2, 1301
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Writ of Albert I
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act

Albert I permits Waldgrave (‘Wildgrafen’) Conrad to keep three Jews in Dhaun until this privilege is redeemed with 150 Mark by the empire.
5. Source
Regesten zur Geschichte der Juden in Deutschland während des Mittelalters. Bearbeitet von Dr. M. Wiener. Erster Teil. (Regesta regarding the history of Jews in Germany during the Middle Ages. Edited by M[eir] Wiener, PhD. First Part.); (Hannover; 1862);
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2020
8. Notes
Researcher
The above is a translation of a German summary of the old original text, which can be found in Lünig’s Reichsarchiv.
1. Full Date of Act
May 6, 1301
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Official Announcement” of King Albrecht I
3. Geography of Act
Europe (multi-countries)
4. Text of Act

[…] for his devotional service, King Albrecht grants Wildgrave Conrad (‘Conradum comitem Sylvestrem’) […] the privilege to settle three Jews in Dhaun (Dunen), until either he or one of successors in the empire wants to redeem them for 150 Marks of Cologne Pennies […]. After that, the wild grave/count (‘Wildgraf’) is to escort them [the Jews] back to the region from which they came from. […]
5. Source
Darmstadt, StA, C1 A, Nr. 135, fol. 43r, Abschr. (1760), lat., Papier. (Darmstadt, City Archiv, C1 A, No. 135, fol. 43r, Copy (1760), Latin, [on] Paper)
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2017
8. Notes
Researcher
Present-day Austria and Germany
1. Full Date of Act
Mar. 21, 1302
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Peace Agreement” issued by King Albrecht
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt and Wetterau
4. Text of Act

[…] He [Archbishop Gerhard] should rightfully get to keep the income/taxes earned from the customs (Zoll) and the Jews of Frankfurt […].
5. Source
MGH [Monumenta Germaniae Historia], Const. [Constitutiones] 4, 2, Nr. 141, S. 113-116; Codex Diplomaticus Brandenburgensis 2, 1, Nr. 311, S. 240-242. (“Monuments of German Historical Constitutions 4, 2, No. 141, p. 113-116; Diplomatic Codex of Brandenburg 2, 1, No. 311, p. 240-242.”);
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2017
8. Notes
Researcher
This binding agreement was made between King Albrecht and Archbishop Gerhard with the help of the Markgrave Otto von Brandenburg in hopes of establishing peace between the two.
1. Full Date of Act
Jun. 6, 1302
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
"Diocesan Synod of Würzburg"
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act

We prohibit any cleric to entrust chalices, books, crosses, and the priestly robes to the Jews so that they may not carry out a wicked deed with them.
5. Source
Conclilia Germaniae v. 4, 95-6.
6. Researcher & Translator
Researcher
Ziba Shadjaani
Translator
Joan Paez
7. Year of Research & Translation
Research
2015
Translation
2016
8. Notes
Researcher
Researched by Ziba Shadjaani 10/28/2015, Researched and Translated by Joan Paez 1/14/2016
1. Full Date of Act
Dec. 20, 1302
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
Letter of Protection, issued by Wiebold, Archbishop of Cologne, to the Jews of Cologne
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act

We, Wiebold, Archbishop of Cologne by the grace of God, hereby declare, that Our Jews in Our Cologne, who presently reside here, have been received by Us into Our protection and guard, thereby assuring them freedom from all injury, violence and harassment. In exchange, Our Jews shall pay sixty marks in Cologne currency, split into semi-annual payments of thirty marks, to be made each Easter Sunday and St. Remigius [October 1].
5. Source
Weyden, Ernst. Geschichte der Juden in Köln am Rhein von den Römerzeiten bis auf die Gegenwart nebst Noten und Urkunden [History of the Jews in Cologne on Rhine from Roman Times to the Present, accompanied by Notes and Documents]. DuMont-Schauberg: Cologne, 1867. Page 359.
6. Researcher
Dominik Jacobs
7. Year of Research
2020
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Dec. 29, 1302
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Papal bull” issued by Archbishop Wigbold von Holte
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Germany; Bishopric of Cologne
4. Text of Act

We, Wigbold ('Wicboldus') Archbishop by the grace of God, grant Our Jews of Cologne, who reside here, protection, and rights in courts, and exemption from tariffs for nine years beginning with the Feast of St. Remingius […]. In return, the Jews are bound to pay an additional 60 Marks* annually of which half is due on Easter and the other half on St. Reminius Day. […]
5. Source
Köln, HAStadt, Best. 210, U 2/715, Orig., lat., Perg. (Cologne, Main Archive of the City, Best. 210, U 2/715, Original], Latin, [on] Parchment Paper);
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2018
8. Notes
Researcher
The 60 Marks mentioned here are in addition to the 1,200 Mark which the Jews were obliged to pay annually.
1. Full Date of Act
Feb. 5, 1303
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Official Agreement” issued by Archbishop Wigbolt [von Holte]
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Germany; Bishopric of Cologne
4. Text of Act

We, Wigbold (“Wicboldus”), Archbishop by the grace of God, transfer the Jews of Cologne to the discreet man Constantine of Lysolfkyregen for a sum [of 6,000 Brabantian Mark] […].
5. Source
Köln, HAStadt, Best. 210, U 2/720, Orig., lat., Perg. (“Cologne, Main Archive of the City, Best. 210, U 2/720, Orig[inal], Latin, [on] Parchment Paper”);
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2017
8. Notes
Researcher
Due to large incisions and missing pieces, this document is only partially legible.
1. Full Date of Act
May 2, 1303
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Imperial Permission” issued by King Albrecht
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt and Wetterau
4. Text of Act

King Albrecht give permission to Ulrich von Hanau to transfer his ownership (Pfankschaft) of the Jews of Assenheim, Nidda and Münzenberg to Philipp von Falkenstein Jr. and Philippp von Falkenstein Sr. […]. Ulrich von Hanau holds this pledge over the Jews temporarily from King Rudolf. […]. The kingdom is at any time entitled to redeeming the Jews by returning the deposit. […].
5. Source
UB zur Geschichte der Herren von Hanau 2, Nr. 27, S. 23, Königsurkunden Assenhein, Nr. 4, S. 582 f. (“Certificate Book on the History of the Lords of Hanau, No. 27, p. 23, Royal Documents [of] Assenhein, No. 4, p. 582 f.”);
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2017
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
May 4, 1303
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Ownership of Jews Reversed”
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt and Wetterau
4. Text of Act

Philipp and Phillip von Falkenstein [of] Münzenberg declare that they have issued a return of the Jews of Assenheim, Münzenberg and Nidda back to Ulrich von Hanau. The Jews were pledged to them by Ulrich von Hanau previously, who had received them from King Adolf and Albrecht. Philipp and Philipp von Falkenstein [of] Münzenberg leave the Jews of Nidda to Ulrich von Hanau.
5. Source
UB zur Geschichte der Herren von Hanau 2, Nr. 28. S. 24 (“Certificate Book on the History of the Lords of Hanau 2, No. 28, p. 24”);
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2017
8. Notes
None
1. Full Date of Act
Oct. 16, 1303
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)
“Order” issued by Archbishop Gerhard of Mainz
3. Geography of Act
Present-day Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt and Wetterau
4. Text of Act

[…] all the Jews in our beloved Frankfurt are to pay [Our relative] Siegfried von Eppenstein annually 100 Mark of Cologne Coins (Kölner Denare) starting Christmas of next year [1304] […]. This payment is to continue until he or his successors have been reimbursed for the 1000 Mark of Cologne Denare which is owed to him […]. The Jews of Frankfurt will be informed of the dissolution of the debt by Our letter. […].
5. Source
UB Frankfurt 1, Nr. 831, S. 419 f. (Certificate Book [of] Frankfurt 1, No. 831, p. 419 f.)
6. Researcher & Translator
Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation
2017
8. Notes
Researcher
This document was signed and issued in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria