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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

1. Full Date of Act	Aug. 29, 1304
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Capitation Tax at Segovia issued by King Ferdinand
3. Geography of Act	Spain
4. Text of Act	We, Ferdinand, by the grace of God, king of Castile etc., etc. To the Jewry of Segovia, and all other Jewries of the towns and places within the said diocese […]. Know ye, that the bishop and dean have complained to me, and say, that you will not pay nor account with them, nor to their order, the thirty deniers each of you have to give in memorial of the death of our Lord Jesus Christ, when the Jews crucified him […]. You are bound to pay the same in gold and I consider it just that you pay the amount in the correct coin. […]
5. Source	Diego de Colmenares, Historia de la insigne Ciudad de Segovia. Accessed online
6. Researcher	Franziska Wagener
7. Year of Research	2016
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	1306
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Exile by King Philip IV “The Fair”
3. Geography of Act	France
4. Text of Act	None
5. Source	None
6. Researcher	None
7. Year of Research	None
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Jan. 2, 1306
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Papal bull from Clement V to an unnamed landowner in the Holy Roman Empire
3. Geography of Act	Europe (multi-countries)
4. Text of Act	We are inclined towards your supplication, and we grant you that, since you have unjustly taken goods and amounts of money from the Jews who live on your lands, the same amounts and goods shall be considered as having been restituted, as long as you set them aside for the needs of the poor.
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 212.
6. Researcher	Dominik Jacobs
7. Year of Research	2019
8. Notes	Editor Present-day Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Monaco, Vatican, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Luxembourg Researcher This bull is in response to a letter from a noble landowner who asked permission to keep money and property he had unjustly taken from the Jews living on his land. Even though his tenants would have been clearly known to this nobleman, the Holy See grants his request with only the vague condition that the money and property be “set aside” for the needs of the (presumably Christian) poor. Had the extorted been Christians, such a papal response would have been unthinkable, and actual restitution certainly been ordered.

1. Full Date of Act	Jan. 3, 1306
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Papal bull from Clement V to Mary, Queen of France
3. Geography of Act	Present-day France
4. Text of Act	As you have explained to us, your conscience is burdened because you have exacted certain sums from some Jews of your country for the benefit of your own budget. We are inclined towards your petition to keep these exacted sums, provided that you assign a portion of these funds to the support of the Apostolic See.
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 213.
6. Researcher	Dominik Jacobs
7. Year of Research	2019
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Jun. 8, 1306
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Diocesan Synod of Verden” held under Bishop Friedrich von Boitzenburg of Verden
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Prince-Bishopric of Verden
4. Text of Act	[…] we have decide that all Jews living/lingering in our capital, villages, towns and communities and such places are to be stopped and asked (bound) to pay a tenth [of their wealth] to our Diocese per year by the assessment of a competent parish priest […]. In case of incompliance, they are immediately to be forced to do so with a threat of ecclesiastical punishment. […].
5. Source	Medieval Ashkenaz: Corpus der Quellen zur Geschichte der Juden im Spätmittlealterlichen Reich; Synoden und Konzilien 1, Nr. 7a (Corpus of the Sources on the History of Jews in the Late Middles Ages; Synods and Councils 1, No. 7a).
6. Researcher & Translator	Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation	2017
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Aug. 18, 1306
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Decree of Confiscation issued by King Philip IV addressed to the Bailiff
3. Geography of Act	France
4. Text of Act	We command you and each of you to have all lands, houses, vineyards and other possessions, which the Jews of the said bailiwick held as their own at the time of their arrest, sold at public auction for a just price on our behalf. This should be done as quickly as possible 9...]. You should cause all this to be announced throughout the entire bailiwick without delay.
5. Source	Global Jewish Advocacy: Anti-Semitism: An Assault on Human Rights, Accessed online
6. Researcher	Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research	2016
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	1308
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Expulsion of Jews” from Rufach/Rouffach
3. Geography of Act	Fiefdom of Rouffach; Present-day France
4. Text of Act	Comment from Additional Sources: 1) “[…] A number of Jews of Rouffach were burnt outside of the city and the rest were expelled […].”
5. Source	Corpus der Quellen zur Geschichte der Juden im spätmittelalterlichen Reich, hg.v. Alfred Haverkamp und Jörg R. Müller, Trier, Mainz 2014, EL01, Nr. 72, (“Corpus of the Sources on the History of Jews in the Late Middles Ages; Synods and Councils”)
6. Researcher	None
7. Year of Research	None
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Mar. 5, 1308
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Writ of Albert I
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	Albert I consents to (affirms) Archbishop Peter of Mainz pledging 100 Mark of the annual [tax] revenues of Jews in Frankfurt to the nobleman [Duke] Siegfried (‘Sifrid’) von Eppstein.
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 summary of the original Latin text which can be found in Boehmer’s Codex Diplimaticus Moenofrancofurtanus (Volume I).

1. Full Date of Act	Apr. 5, 1308
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Decree by Frederick the Fair, Duke of Austria and Styria, for the town of St. Veit
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Austria
4. Text of Act	[…] the Jews shall take only four pfennings per gold mark in weekly interest, two pfennings per silver mark.
5. Source	Brugger, Eveline & Wiedl, Birgit. Regesten zur Geschichte der Juden in Österreich im Mittelalter. Band 1: Von den Anfängen bis 1338 (Regests on the History of the Jews in Austria during the Middle Ages. Volume 1: From the Beginnings to 1338). Studienverlag: Innsbruck, Austria, 2005. Page 162.
6. Researcher	Dominik Jacobs
7. Year of Research	2019
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	May 11, 1308
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Order [of Special Taxation of Jews]” issued by Archbishop Peter of Mainz
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt
4. Text of Act	[…] The annual payment of 100 Marks of Cologne Denars (Coloniesium denariorum) to Our beloved Si[frido] of Eppenstein and his successors is to be accepted by the Jews of Frankfurt. […]
5. Source	UB [Urkundenbuch] Frankfurt 1, Nr. 902, S. 467 f.; Codex Diplomaticus Moenofrancofurtanus, S. 380; (Certificate Book [of] Frankfort 1, No. 902, p. 467 f.; Diplomatic Codex of Moenofrancofurtanus, p. 380);
6. Researcher & Translator	Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation	2017
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Aug. 11, 1308
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Papal bull “Exurgat Deus,” from Clement V to the Order of Saint John
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Greece
4. Text of Act	Jews are to be compelled by the secular authorities to remit the interest they have already extorted [from Crusaders], and until they do so, they shall be denied any kind of intercourse with the Christian faithful, under penalty of excommunication [of the Christians], in the marketplace or otherwise.
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 214.
6. Researcher	Dominik Jacobs
7. Year of Research	2019
8. Notes	None