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1. Full Date of Act	Jul. 23, 1312
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Decree” of King Friedrich II
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Italy; Kingdom of Sicily/Crown of Aragon
4. Text of Act	[…] the Jews of Palermo are henceforth to live outside of the city-walls separate from the [local] Christians. […]
5. Source	Zur Geschichte und Literatur. Von Dr. Zunz. Erster Band. (Regarding History and Literature. B Dr. Zunz. First Volume.); Berlin; 1845;
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1. Full Date of Act	Jul. 25, 1312
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Jew-Ordinance, issued by the City Council of Weissenburg
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	If a Jew is given a horse as collateral, whatever happens to it between the disbursement and the repayment of the loan shall be the Jew’s risk and responsibility, even if it dies or it is stolen, and the ties that bound the contract shall be undone, just as the reins that bound the horse. No Jew shall take any wet garments as collateral, nor bloody garments, nor chalices or any items belonging to the church; any contravening Jew shall be treated in court as if he had accepted proceeds of theft or robbery.
5. Source	Stern, Moritz. Die isrealitische Bevölkerung der deutschen Städte [The Israelite Population of the German Cities]. H. Fiencke: Kiel, 1896. Page 213.
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1. Full Date of Act	Dec. 29, 1312
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Papal bull “Consuevit Interdum,” from Clement V to Mary, Queen of France
3. Geography of Act	Present-day France
4. Text of Act	With regard to the sum of ten thousand pounds which you acquired from the Jews of your country before their recent expulsion, we grant you the right to retain one half of this sum, as long as you will use the other half for the support of the Holy Land. You shall not be compelled to make any further restitution, since you cannot identify the Jews who owned the money, or those from whom they had usuriously taken it.
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 229.
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8. Notes	Researcher Pope Clement V had issued a similar bull to Mary in 1306, when she had claimed a ‘troubled conscience’ on account of money taken from ‘her’ Jews; less than seven years later, the Queen curiously finds herself in the same predicament, and once again, the Vatican is ready to strike a deal, ordering a 50/50 split between the Crusades and the royal coffers. The fact that possible restitution is specifically treated in this bull, betrays the fact that such reparations were actually feasible, counter to the insinuations in the Queen’s supplication, and that a readmission of the Jews into France was already considered likely at the time of Clement’s reply.

1. Full Date of Act	1313 C.E.
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	"Constitution" issued by the Council of Zamora, 1313 AD
3. Geography of Act	Spain [Provisional]
4. Text of Act	"1. Thirty days are allowed to all Jews that now do or hereafter reside in our province, for the execution hereof. That in criminal, civil, and all other causes, they shall not oppose nor defend themselves by the privilege they have; saying that as no Jew was summoned against them in the cause, they cannot be condemned; nor may they claim that or any other privilege to the prejudice of the Christian faith, nor presume to obtain such similar privileges. Therefore we obtain, that in criminal, and all other causes, the testimony of the Jews against Jews shall be valid as heretofore; but not of a Jew against a Christian, nor, as is proper or just, shall his testimony be received. […] 2. Henceforth Jews shall hold no post or dignity from kings, or any secular prince, and within the aforesaid time they shall resign those they now hold. 3. They are not to be admitted into frequent association with Christians, lest from the intimacy, they adopt their errors which they do not understand. 4. That they do not serve as witnesses against Christians, nor claim as hitherto the benefit of the laws. 5. That no Christian women, either temporarily or otherwise, act as wet nurses, or rear their children. 6. They are not to appear in public, from the Wednesday of Passion Week until Saturday; and on Good Friday are to close their doors and windows the whole day, not to mock the sorrow of Christians for the passion. 7. The Jews and Jewesses wear an ostensible sign, that they may be distinguished and separate among Christians, which is right, practiced in other states. 8. Notwithstanding their learning and reputation, they are not to practice medicine with the Christians. 9. They are not to invite Christians to their feasts, that Christians do not eat with Jews; particular they are not to eat their meat or drink their wine. 10. They are annually to pay tithes on their landed property, and the houses they occupy, the same as Christians did before they belonged to Jews. 11. Synagogues that have been newly erected or enlarged, shall be restored to their former state between this date, and the next great festival of the resurrection; this term is peremptorily fixed, and if at its expiration the Jews have not executed it, the judges, alcaldes, communities, and universities of the cities, towns, and places where synagogues have been recently erected and elevated, are to fulfill and have this ordinance executed, in virtue of holy obedience under the penalty of [the] Constitution. 12. They are not to practice usury, nor exact, nor take any interest from Christians, as is prohibited by the constitutions of Pope Clement V, enacted at the council of Vienne; and any person who acts contrary, or attempts to hide it, incurs the penalties ordained by the said council. 13. On Sundays and other Christian holidays, they are not to work publicly for themselves or other persons."
5. Source	Global Jewish Advocacy, "Antisemitism: An Assault on Human Rights,"
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8. Notes	Researcher *The exact date of the council is unknown.

1. Full Date of Act	May 4, 1313
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Writ of the Imperial Landvogt*
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	[…] regarding the admission of the Jew Jeckeling on Schlettstadt into the city of Speyer and the payment of 1500 Pound (‘Pfund’) Heller of the local Jewry to the [named] city.
5. Source	Urkunden zur Geschichte der Stadt Speyer. Mit Historischen Verein der Pfalz zu Speyer gewidmet von Heinrich Hilgard-Villard. Gesammelt und herausgegeben von Alfred Hilgard. (Strassburg; 1885); (Official documents regarding the history of the city Speyer. With the Historical Society of the Palatine of Speyer, dedicated by Heinrich Hilgard-Willard. Collected and published by Alfred Hilgard. (Strasbourg; 1885);
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8. Notes	Researcher The above is a translation of a German summary of the original text both of which can be found in the cited source.

1. Full Date of Act	Oct. 27, 1313
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Special Taxation of Jews” ordered by Lord Johannes Hannemann
3. Geography of Act	Present-day France; Lordship of Lichtenberg; House of Hanau
4. Text of Act	[…] that We take up the citizens of Hagenau and the city itself, both Christians and Jews, and everything that belongs to the city […] and that the payment of 50 Mark Silver annually by the Jews is to serve as an emergency fund which is modest […].
5. Source	Heidelberg, UB, Heidelberger Urk. 199, Orig., dt., Perg. (“Heidelberg, University Library, Document/Certificate of Heidelberg 199, Original, German. [On] parchment paper”);
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8. Notes	Researcher In the same document, Christian citizens of Hagenau are assured that they will not be required to provide any financial assistance to the Lordship of Lichtenberg whatsoever.”

1. Full Date of Act	Mar. 12, 1314
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Writ” confirmed by the Mayor and the Aldermen (‘Geschworene’) of the City Eger
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Hungary
4. Text of Act	[…] The neighbor who has purchased the land next to the church must commit/be obliged to neither admit loud businessmen to his home who could disturb the prayer [ceremonies], nor to allow any Jews to settle around there (‘dort herum’)*.
5. Source	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 Landesarchives des Königreiches Böhmens. I. 1577 bis 1620. (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. 1577 to 1620.) (Prague; 1906);
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8. Notes	Researcher *’Dort herum’ is somewhat vague; it could mean either anywhere nearby or merely adjacent to the church.

1. Full Date of Act	Nov. 17, 1314
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Privileges for the City of Duderstadt” issued by Duke Henry (Heinrich) II
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	We, Duke […] by the grace of God, […] announce that no castle is to be built within a mile of the walking-path […] citizens are exempt from customs/tariff and escort payments. […] Jews who live in the city of Duderstadt with our consent* are to enjoy all civil rights […]
5. Source	Duderstadt, StadtA, Rep. 1 – Urkunden, Nr. 5, Orig. , dt. (“Duderstadt City Archive, Rep. 1 – Documents, No. 5, Orig[inal], German”);
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8. Notes	Researcher *Jews could not settle in Duderstadt without the explicit consent of the Duke.

1. Full Date of Act	Dec. 20, 1314
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Writ of Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	Louis, the Bavarian (‘Ludwig der Baier’) confirms and inserts (‘trassumirt’)* the writ by which King Adolf pawns off the [merchandize-] tax and the Jews of Frankfurt to Archbishop Gerhard of Mainz on July 7, 1297.
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)
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8. Notes	Researcher The above is a translation of a German summary of the original Latin text which can be found in Würdtwein’s Diplomataria Maguntina (Volume II). *Transsumieren/Transsumierung is the insertion of a writ - word by word - into a new official document as a form of confirming and reissuing the previous document.

1. Full Date of Act	Dec. 24, 1314
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Order” of King Louis IV (the Bavarian)
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Free Imperial City of Oppenheim
4. Text of Act	King Louis (Ludwig) [the Bavarian] announces that Peter von Bechtolsheim, the son of the Knight Johann von Bertolsheim (‘Petrum, filium Iohannis de Bertholdsheym militis’), is named by him […] as Burgher of Oppenheim for his faithful service […] that he has rendered and will render to him (the king) and the kingdom. For this reason, he allocates to him an annual income of five Mark of Cologne Pennies annually […] to be paid to him by all of his Jews of Oppenheim on Saint Martin’s Day [November 11] which they are strictly commanded to do so with this document. […]
5. Source	Darmstadt, StA, Orig. (Kriegsverlust), lat., Perg. (“Darmstadt, City Archive, Orig[inal], Latin, [on] Parchment Paper”)
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8. Notes	Researcher This passage from old German text has been paraphrased in an effort to make the translation of the long Act brief and comprehensible.

1. Full Date of Act	1315 C.E.
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Ordinance issued by the Court of Burgos (1315)
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Spain [Provisional]
4. Text of Act	“Art. 27 – We order that whatever Christians owe to Jews on account of letters of debt, the Christians shall pay the Jews two thirds of the principal, while the remaining third shall be nullified, and nothing more shall be owed, in usury or otherwise.”
5. Source	Royal Academy of History (Spain). Córtes de los Antiguos Reinos de León y de Castilla [Courts of the Ancient Kingdoms of León and Castilla]. M. Rivadeneyra: Madrid, 1861. Vol. 1, Page 284. 11/21/2019
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1. Full Date of Act	1315
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	"Jewish Dress Code" Issued by Emir Ismael Around 1315
3. Geography of Act	Granada
4. Text of Act	Commentary from other sources: 1) "Emir Ismael Abu-I Walid forced the Jews of Granada to wear a yellow badge." Bitton, Jimmy: "It’s Not 1938 Again;" jewishmag.com
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1. Full Date of Act	Jan. 9, 1315
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Writ of Holy Roman Emperor Louis (the Bavarian) IV
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	We, Louis (‘Ludowig’), Roman King by the grace of God […] announce to all who see, hear, or read this letter [that we permit …] the citizens of Worms to take/raise 300 Pound (‘Pfund’) Heller annually from the Jews as long as we live as compensation for the expenses they have accrued from the empire […]
5. Source	Moritz, Johann Friedrich: Historisch-Diplomatische Abhandlung ([der] Freie Reichs-Stadt Worms. (Historical-Diplomatic Treatise ([of] the Free Imperial City of Worms.); (Frankfurt/Leipzig; 1756);
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1. Full Date of Act	Jan. 13, 1315
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Special Taxation of Jews” issued by Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Roman-German Empire, Louis IV (Ludwig der Bayer/the Bavarian)
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany, etc.; Holy Roman Empire; House of Wittelsbach
4. Text of Act	[…] in consideration of the fruitful services that have been rendered to Our Empire (Reich), or will be rendered in the future, We wish to order that Our beloved Prince, and Bishop of Emicho and his successors are paid wages in the amount of 1,300 pounds by the citizens of Hagenau. Any amount missing from this total is to be complemented through the taxation of the Jews.
5. Source	UB zur Geschichte der Bischöfe zu Speyer 1, Nr. 503, S. 473. (University Library of the History of the Bishops of Speyer 1, No. 503, p. 473);
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1. Full Date of Act	Mar. 7, 1315
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Mandate” of King Louis IV (Ludwig)
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt and Wetterau
4. Text of Act	We mandate the Council (Rat) and the citizens of the city of Frankfurt to order the Jews of Frankfurt, Our chamber-servants, to pay Archbishop Peter of Mainz and his successors 300 Pound Heller (Pfund Heller) annually. […]
5. Source	UB Frankfurt 2, Nr. 13, S. 9 f.; MGH, Const. 5, Nr. 220, S. 194.; Codex Diplomaticus Moenofrancofurtanus, S. 413; (“Certificate Book [of] Frankfurt 2, No. 13, p. 0 f.; Monuments of German Historical Constitutions 5, No. 220, p. 194; Diplomatic Codex of Moenofrancofurtanus, p. 413”);
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1. Full Date of Act	Jun. 29, 1315
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Writ of Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	Louis, the Bavarian (‘Ludwig der Baier’) authorizes the Schultheiss, the councilmen, and the citizens/community of Nuremberg to tear down the built-on-awnings (‘Kellerhälse’)*, booths, and arbors which the local Jews use to block off their houses from public streets […]
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);
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8. Notes	Researcher The above is a translation of a German summary of the original old text which can be found in Würfel’s Historische Nachrichten der Juden-Gemeinde in der Reichsstadt Nürnberg (Historical tidings regarding the Jewish community in the Imperial City of Nuremberg). A Schultheiss/Schultheiß was the head of the municipality in medieval Germany. *Kellerhälse (pl.) were built-out awnings or protruding roofs that were built over the stairs of a cellar and often used to sell small items.

1. Full Date of Act	Jul. 15, 1315
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Writ of Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	Louis, the Bavarian (‘Ludwig der Baier’) informs the Jews of Worms, his chamber-servants, that he has confirmed the knight Wipfelin from Rosengarten the ten Mark silver, which emperor Henry had done so for his services, which are to be paid by the Jews of Worms to the empire. He also orders Jews [in Worms] to submit the arrears from last year.
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;
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8. Notes	Researcher The above is a translation of a German summary of the original old text which is located in the City-Archives of Worms.

1. Full Date of Act	Jul. 18, 1315
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Ordinance” (‘Ordonnanz’) of Louis X
3. Geography of Act	Kingdom of France; Present-day France
4. Text of Act	[…] To all faithfuls and subordinates/subjects of the Kingdom of France, Greetings. […] Firstly. Jews may be permitted to return and remain in our Kingdom for the next 12 years in cities and places where they lived before [they were expelled] … 2) Also, they are to work with their hands (pursue craftsmanship) or trade […] 3) Also, they are to wear a visible sign […] which is to be as wide as a white-silver tournois [currency] and a different color than the rope/overcoat […] and the more apparent the better […] 4) Jews may collect debts owed to them […] and keep a third of it* [while the other two-thirds are to go to the kingdom …]
5. Source	Ordonnance pour le rappel des Juifs, pendant douze années, Auteur Louis X, King of France; Relmin, Le Statut Légal Des Minorités Religieuses Dans L'espace Euro-Méditerranéen (Ordinance for the recall of Jews for 12 years. The legal status of religious minorities in the Euro-Mediterranean Area); www.cn-telma.fr.
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8. Notes	Researcher Two-thirds of the debts collected are to go to the kingdom. The above ordinance contains 20 paragraphs and has been abbreviated to fit the allocated space. A number of them offer Jews limited protection, albeit for only a limited time. The full French text can be found in the cited source.

1. Full Date of Act	Jul. 25, 1315
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Ordinance” issued by Margrave Johann V of Brandenburg
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Margraviate of Brandenburg
4. Text of Act	[…] no guests, foreigners or those who have moved in[to the city] among the Jews are to be permitted to slaughter [animals] unless they have first become citizens and have received their civil rights. Only then are Jews permitted to slaughter [animals] for their own use. During the summers, when [salt] curing is not possible and the meat cannot be consumed in accordance to their sacred rites, they are not permitted to sell [the the meat] in smaller pieces than in quarters. […] The slaughter of billy-goats and nanny-goats and young bulls ('Varren teutonice appellantur') and clean/heifer calves […] are prohibited to Jews all together if they do not wish to consume those themselves.
5. Source	Quellen zur Geschichte der Juden in den Archiven der neuen Bundesländer 5, Nr. 4223, S. 329; Regesten der Markgrafen von Brandenburg, Nr. 2416, S. 674; Zum Codex diplomaticus, S. 22 (Sources Regarding the History of the Jews in the Archives of the New Federal States 5, No. 4223, p. 329; The Rulers of the Margraves of Brandenburg, No. 2416, p. 674, to the Codex Dimlomaticus, p. 22).
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1. Full Date of Act	Jul. 28, 1315
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Charter issued by King Louis X
3. Geography of Act	France
4. Text of Act	We make known that our dear lord and father…had, while yet alive, with the counsel and the advice of the great men of council, driven out and expelled the Jews from his kingdom…For these reasons we have ordained, established, and ordered as follows: 1. First, that the Jews may return and live in our kingdom…but not in those places where they were earlier prohibited. ... 3. Likewise, they must wear the badge where they were accustomed to wearing it. ... 7. Likewise, their synagogues and cemeteries shall be returned to them, upon payment of the price for which they were sold to those who bought them, unless there are very large buildings there or other reasons why one may not take them away… 9. Likewise, the books of their law which are still held by us, which were not sold, shall be returned to them, except for the condemned Talmud… 10. Likewise, when the aforesaid twelve years have passed, we may not drive them out of our kingdom without giving them suitable time, i.e., a year… 12. Likewise, since the Jews must work and labor with their hands or must trade, as had already been said, it is not our wish that they be permitted to lend at interest, and we forbid it expressly. If it should happen that perchance they do lend, they may take no more than two pennies per pound per week. …17. Likewise, they may not, under pain of committing a crime, dispute matters of faith with anyone, poor or rich, overtly or covertly…Given at Paris, July 28, 1315 A.D.
5. Source	“Church, State, and Jew in the Middle Ages.” Robert Chazan. 1980, Page 81-83. Online book.
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1. Full Date of Act	Aug. 3, 1315
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Order” issued by King Louis IV (Ludwig der Bayer)
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt and Wetterau
4. Text of Act	[…] for the augmentation of his fief, we assign the taxes of the Jews of Wetzlar to Our Burgmann to Kalsmunt, Dietrich von Runkel […]. We also permit Runkel to allow four Jews to settle in his city and that any taxes or exactions required of the aforementioned Jews to be handed over to him in the name of the empire/kingdom (Reich) […].
5. Source	UB Wetzler 1, Nr. 874, S. 364 f. (“Certificate Book [of] Wetzler 1, No. 874, p. 364 f.”);
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8. Notes	Researcher A “burgmann” was a member of the aristocracy in the Holy Roman Empire during the Middle Ages who guarded and defended castles.

1. Full Date of Act	Oct. 27, 1315
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Royal Announcement” issued by King Louis IV (Ludwig, the Bavarian)
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Swabian
4. Text of Act	[We … announce] to the mayor, municipal chief ('Schultheiß'), council and the citizens of Esslingen for their unbroken love and steadfastness ('unzerbrochen liebe und stetikeit') which they have bestowed upon us and the empire, and for the damage, which our enemies have inflicted upon you and your property/goods [… and] free all poor and rich citizens […] from all interest payments on debts due to Jews – may they be in Esslingen or in any other place in our domain […] for two years starting this Saint Martin’s Day [November 11, 1315, to November 11, 1317]. […]
5. Source	Stuttgart, HStA, H 51, U 248, Orig., dt., Perg. (“Main State Archiv of Stuttgart, H 51, U 248, Orig[inal], German, [on] parchment paper”)
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8. Notes	Editor Swabian Imperial Cities of Esslingen; Present-day Germany

1. Full Date of Act	Nov. 24, 1315
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Order” of King Louis IV (Ludwig, the Bavarian)
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Swabian
4. Text of Act	[We, …] exonerate/free the council and citizens of Esslingen as well as all those who have vouched for them […] from all of their obligations to the Jews* [… and] prohibit [the recipients of this documents] to fulfill their obligations to the Jews […] or to do anything that could harm the citizens of Esslingen […]. Anyone who ignores/dismisses this commandment/order loses the royal grace and forfeits his body and goods […]
5. Source	Stuttgart, HStA, H 51, U 249, Orig., dt. Perg. (“Main State Archiv of Stuttgart, H 51, U 249, Orig[inal], German, [on] parchment paper”)
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8. Notes	Editor Swabian Imperial Cities of Esslingen; Present-day Germany Researcher Louis/Ludwig justifies this order by alleging that the Jews–who rightfully belong to his chamber–obeyed his enemy, Duke of Austria, instead of him.

1. Full Date of Act	Nov. 25, 1315
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Royal Announcement” issued by King Louis IV (Ludwig, the Bavarian)
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Swabian
4. Text of Act	We, Louis/Ludwig, […] announce to the council and the citizens of Esslingen, as well as all who have vouched for the Jews of Überlingen or elsewhere, that […] we free them from their obligations to the Jews of Überlingen and elsewhere […] over the next two years […] during which no interest is to be paid on such debt ('kein wucher uf die selben schult'). […] no payments may be made to Jews […] that could result in any damages to the citizens of Esslingen as they are in no way obligated to the Jews in any way for the next two years. […]
5. Source	Stuttgart, HStA, H 51, U 250, Orig., dt., Perg, (“Main State Archiv of Stuttgart, H 51, U 250, Orig[inal], German, [on] parchment paper”)
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8. Notes	Editor Swabian Imperial City of Esslingen; Present-day Germany

1. Full Date of Act	Dec. 8, 1315
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Writ of Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	Louis, the Bavarian (‘Ludwig der Baier’) bestows grace upon the nobleman Conrad von Schlüsselbrg [declaring] that no Jews in Waisenfeld (‘Weischenfeld’) is to be involved/be employed as a royal officer (‘Amtsmann’).
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);
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8. Notes	Researcher The above is a translation of a German summary of the original old text which can be found in Oesterreicher’s Neue Beiträge (New contributions; Volume 3).