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1. Full Date of Act	Dec. 1, 1326
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Annulment of Debt to Jews” mandate issued by King Louis IV (Ludwig der Bayer)
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Duchy of Bavaria
4. Text of Act	[…] with the full heft of Our power, We release the Dukes of Kaysersberg […] as well as the Kings of Türkheim […] of their debt to the Jews of Alsace as well as the[ir] repayment of all principals and interests […].
5. Source	München, BHStA, Kurbayern Äußeres Archiv 1155/1, fol. 120r, 2. Eintrag, Notiz (zeitgleich), lat., Papier. (“Munich, Bavarian Main State Archive, Electorate of Bavaria External Archive 1155/1, fol, 120r, 2. Entry, Note (contemporaneous), Latin, [on] Paper”);
6. Researcher & Translator	Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation	2017
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Dec. 17, 1326
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’) permits Gerwich and his brother, named Guzzen, to keep Jews in their territory Leipheim (‘Markt Leypheim’) until he revokes [the permission].
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 Oefele’s Rerum Boicarum Scriptores (Volume I).

1. Full Date of Act	Jan. 13, 1327
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Official Announcement” of the mayor, council, and municipal chief of Esslingen
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Swabian
4. Text of Act	[…] the Jews of Esslingen may not purchase and expand the size of their cemetery […], its current size is to remain the three 'morgen' acres*, which we have made available to them […]
5. Source	Karlsruhe, GLA, Liber obligationum 1, fol. 79v, dt. (“Karlsruhe, G[eneral] L[and] A[rchive], Book of Obligations 1, fol. 79v, German”);
6. Researcher & Translator	Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation	2018
8. Notes	Editor Swabian Imperial City of Esslingen; Present-day Germany Researcher A “morgen” was a unit of measurement in Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, and the Dutch colonies, and varied anywhere from ½ to 2 ½ acres, or approx. 0.2 – 1 hectare. ('die drie morgen ackers, die wir in gefriet haben')

1. Full Date of Act	1328 C.E.
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Jewish Oath” as issued in the “Privilege” of Duke Bolkos II
3. Geography of Act	Duchy of Silesia; Present-day Germany [Provisional]
4. Text of Act	“[…During the oath] the Jew must wear grey trousers and a grey skirt […] but no shirt […] on his head he must wear a pointed hat. […] He is to stand barefoot on a animal skin which must be wetted with lamb-blood […] The Jew is to swear […] on the Book of Moses [… and say/repeat] ‘of which I’m accused, I’m innocent, so God help me […]'”
5. Source	Lämmerhirt, Maike: Juden in den wettinischen Herschaftsgebieten: Recht, Verwaltung und Wirtschaft im Spätmittelalter. Veröffentlichungen der Historischen Kommission für Thüringen; Kleine Reihe Band 21; (Wien/Köln; 2007); (“Jews in the Wettinian Territories/Dominions: Law, Administration, and Economy in the late Middle Ages. Publications of the Historical Commission for Thuringia; Small Series Volume 21; (Vienna/Cologne; 2007)”);
6. Researcher & Translator	Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation	2018
8. Notes	Researcher This “special” ritual was required for all disputes valued at over 50 Mark; disputes involving less than 50 Mark required of Jews a ‘shorter and simpler’ oath.

1. Full Date of Act	Nov. 25, 1328
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Writ of Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV
3. Geography of Act	Present-day France
4. Text of Act	We, Louis, Roman Emperor by the grace of God […] announce to all who see or hear [or] read this letter that we pledge to Ulrich, the Landgrave of Alsace, our dear loyal [subject for his aid in Lombardy and on German lands …] and his heirs/successors the Jews in Sélestat (‘Schletzstatt’) and their taxes with all of their use and rights […] for 1000 Mark silver […] until we or one of our successors redeems them (Jews) back for the [same] aforementioned 1000 Mark silver […]
5. Source	Jo. Dan. Schoepflini Alsatia Periodi Regum et Imperatum Habsburgicae, Lucelburgicae, Austriacae Tantemque Gallicae Dimplomatic. (Mannhemii; MDCCLXXV); (Jean Daniel Schoepflini’s study of documents/writs of the period of the kings and emperors of Habsburg, Lutzelbourg, Austria [and] finally Galicia.); (Mannheim; 1775)
6. Researcher & Translator	Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation	2020
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	1329
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Extortion and Expulsion of Jews” from the City of Mutzig, Ca. 1329
3. Geography of Act	Free Imperial City of Strasbourg; Present-day France
4. Text of Act	Comment from Additional Sources: 1) After the Bishop Berthold II of Strasboug had extorted 6,000 Mark from the Jews, the ritual murder of an eleven-year-old boy took place in Mutzig. Under torture, some Jews confessed to the deed and a judgment was issued against them based on “obvious” evidence. Three of them were killed with wheels (“wheeled”). Other, wealthy Jews who were present in Mutzig on the day of the disappearance of the boy, were exiled. […].” [The extortion of the Jews of Strasbourg took place shortly after the arrival of the bishop in the cathedral city (December 21, 1328)]
5. Source	Strasbourg, BM, Abschr. (1870 verbrannt), lat. (Strasbourg, Media Library, Transcript (1870 bannished), Latin)
6. Researcher	None
7. Year of Research	None
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Jan. 27, 1329
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Official Announcement” of Archbishop Baldwin ("Balduin") [of Luxembourg]
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Free Imperial City of Oppenheim
4. Text of Act	We, holder of the holy seat and defender of the church of Mainz, […] owe the Squire Tillmmann of Saulheim ('strenuous vir Tylmannus de Sawelnh[eim]') for his past and future services 95 Pounds Heller […] and assign the Jews of Oppenheim to pay him an annual income of nine and a half Pounds Heller on Saint Martin’s Day [November 11] […]
5. Source	Darmstadt, StA, A 2 Nr. 197/60, Orig., lat., Perg. (“Darmstadt, City Archive, A 2 No. 197/60, 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	Mar. 21, 1329
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	We, Louis (‘Ludovig’), Roman Emperor by the grace of God […] procure (‘verschaffen’) the taxes from the Jews of Augsburg for the noblemen [and] Counts ’Ludovvig’ and ‘Friedrich’ of Oettingen, our dear loyal [….] until it pleases us and [our] revocation […]
5. Source	Wegelini, Jo. Reinhardi: Thesaurus Rerum Suevicarum seu Dissertationum selectarum. Volumen Quantum. (Treasure of things [pertaining to the German people] of Swabia or selected dissertations/discussions. Volume four.); (Lindau; 1760);
6. Researcher & Translator	Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation	2020
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	May 17, 1329
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Diocesan Synod of Mainz/Mayence” held under Bishop of Wolfgang von Grumbach
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Electorate of Mainz/Mayence
4. Text of Act	In all the cities, towns, and provinces of the diocese of Mainz, and the camp of the nation of the Jews, and the towns of the city, both men and women, are to distinguish themselves clearly through their attire from those of the Christian folk within the next two months after signing and publishing of the statute, […] they [Jews] are to refrain from being in any public positions in which they might have authority over Christians […] or to have Christian servants (slaves) where the latter may have to obey [the Jewish] children which will prevent them from having the same status as the Jews and be compelled to observe their miserable rites and be deprived of the communion of the faithful […] that no Christian man is permitted to allege ignorance of this statute, known to all the rectors of the churches of the city from now on and in the provinces where the Jews reside, under the authority of the said penalty of excommunication by the council, […] and [the rectors are] to publicly announce in their own parishes each Sunday of all four seasons, immediately following mass, the aforementioned statute […].
5. Source	Medieval Ashkenaz: Corpus der Quellen zur Geschichte der Juden im Spätmittlealterlichen Reich; Synoden und Konzilien 1, Nr. 12 (“Corpus of the Sources on the History of Jews in the Late Middles Ages; Synods and Councils 1, No. 12”).
6. Researcher & Translator	Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation	2017
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Jun. 14, 1329
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	Emperor Louis, the Bavarian, authorizes his chancellor, Hermann von Lichtenberg, to collect/demand all backdated taxes and past-due levies from all Jews in Germany in his name, and to keep a record and to establish new contracts (agreements to pay new taxes) with the Jews as he deems proper.
5. Source	Schaab, C[arl]. A[nton]: Diplomatische Geschichte der Juden zu Mainz. (Diplomatic history of Jew in Mainz.); (Mainz; 1855)
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 both of which can be found in the cited source.

1. Full Date of Act	Jun. 20, 1329
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Order” issued by Emperor Louis IV (Ludwig der Bayer)
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt and Wetterau
4. Text of Act	[…] We authorize the city and the citizens of Frankfurt to take possession of all the nearby belongings/possessions of the kingdom, whether they may be custom fees (Zolle), weights/scales, Jews, taxes, or the Bornheim courts. Until their redemption by Us or Our successor, the city is to own and utilize the aforementioned for their own benefit. […]
5. Source	UB Frankfurt 2, Nr. 350, S. 260 f.; Codex Diplomaticus Moenofrancofurtanus, S. 498; UB zur Geschichte der Herren von Hanau 2, Nr. 337, S. 315 f.; MGH, Const. 6, 1, Nr. 593, S. 495; (“Certificate Book 2, No. 350, p. 260 f.; Diplomatic Codex of Moenofrancofurtanus, p. 498; Certificate Book on the History of the Lords of Hanau 2, No. 337, p. 315 f.; Monuments of Germanic History, Constitution 6, 1, No. 593, p. 495”);
6. Researcher & Translator	Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation	2017
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Jun. 23, 1329
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Official Document” issued by Emperor Louis IV addressed to Henry/Heinrich Bishop of Naumburg
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	We, Louis/Ludwig, Roman Emperor by the grace of God, […] inform you (Bishop Henry/Heinrich) that we have entrusted our son-in-law Fredrick/Friedrich, Margrave of Meissen, with the task of collecting and submitting the arrears from the Jews […] from the cities of Naumburg and Zeitz since the time of our coronation. We ask/demand/request that you do not hinder the margrave, but support him, so that the arrears are received. […]
5. Source	Dresden, HStA, 1001 Ältere Urkunden, Nr. 2484, Orig. (Kriegsverlust), ebd. (Foto), lat. (“Dresden, Main State Archive, 1001 Older Documents, No. 2484, Orig[inal], (lost in war), ibid (Photo), Latin”);
6. Researcher & Translator	Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation	2018
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Jul. 27, 1329
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Official Announcement” issued by Archbishop Henry [Heinrich] of Cologne
3. Geography of Act	Electorate of Cologne; Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	We, Henry (Heinrich), Archbishop by the grace of God, […] and Arch-Chancellor of Cologne and the Roman Empire […] have come to an agreement with the judges, 'scheffenen'* and the Council of the municipality of Cologne […]. […] as security, we pledge [among many other things] the rights over our Jews to the city of Cologne […].
5. Source	Quellen zur Geschichte der Stadt Köln 4, Nr. 155, S. 159-169 (“Sources on the History of the City of Cologne 4, No. 155, p. 159-169”)
6. Researcher & Translator	Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation	2017
8. Notes	Researcher *Scheffen, (like "scabini" in Latin) were honorary laity judges who accessed the actions of defendants and determined the measure of the sentence.

1. Full Date of Act	Aug. 9, 1329
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, pledges the 200 Pound (‘Pfund’) annual taxes of the Jews of Regensburg and the Jewish court to the Dukes of Lower-Bavaria [in exchange] for 6,400 Mark [or according to the Regensburger documents, for 46000 Fl. Silver].
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 text which can be found in the Archive of the city of Regensburg.

1. Full Date of Act	Nov. 11, 1329
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Special Taxation of Jews” issued by Dutchess Anges of Braunschweig/Brunswick
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Hanseatic League Braunschweig/Brunswick
4. Text of Act	[…] to all of Our Jews in [the town of] Stendal, we – Lady of the Altmark (Antique Marchie Domina) - require that they (Jews) contribute 20 Mark (viginiti marcas) to Us for the next six years on St. Martin's Day in the form of the Brandenburger silver currency. […] Those Jews who hold special letters or privileges with Us will continue to fulfill their previous obligations, and will then contribute to the obligations of the community so far as it is possible.
5. Source	Stendal, StadtA (City Archive), I. 60 (62), Original in Latin, Parchment;
6. Researcher & Translator	Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation	2017
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Jan. 29, 1330
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Visa” (‘Visum’)* of the Episcopal Court of Speyer
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	[…] power-of-attorney of Emperor Louis (‘Ludewicus’) given to his Chancellor Hermann von Lichtenstein (’Hermanno de Lichtenberg’) for the taxation of the Jews in the empire.
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);
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 text both of which can be found in the cited source. The original writ is located in the City-Archive of Speyer. *In the Middle Ages, a Visa/Visum (from the Latin: videre = to see) was an official document often issued by a ruler that gave an officer of his court the order and power of attorney to "go see" a particular community in order to impose/collect the requested taxes.

1. Full Date of Act	Mar. 20, 1330
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 [in writing] that he has owed his brothers-in-law, Duke Henry, Otto, and Henry [of Bavaria] 20,000 Mark silver, for which he had prescribed them Weissenburg, Neumark, and the Jews of Regensburg: now, however, after he has lost Neumark […] he pledges to them Weissenburg and the Jews of Regensburg for 12,000 Mark and [the Jews of] Launigen for 8000 Mark.
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 Oefele’s Rerum Boicarum Scriptores (Volume II).

1. Full Date of Act	Apr. 1, 1330
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Order” issued by Emperor Louis IV (Ludwig, the Bavarian)
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Swabian
4. Text of Act	We, Louis/Ludwig, Roman Emperor by the grace of God, […] free the municipal chief, the council, and the citizens of Esslingen for their service [to us] from the taxes they are due to us and the empire for the next five years starting from the following Saint Martin’s Day. [In these five years, …] you shall use and enjoy ('nutzen und niezzen sullen') the taxes of the Jews of Esslingen […] in order to expand and change the wall of the so-called suburb 'Upper Esslingen' ('obern Eszelingen nempt'). The officers, bailiffs, and reeves are to obey this order […]
5. Source	Stuttgart, HStA, H51, U 301, Orig., dt., Perg. (Main State Archive of Stuttgart, H51, U 301, Orig[inal], German, [on] parchment paper)
6. Researcher & Translator	Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation	2018
8. Notes	Editor Swabian Imperial City of Esslingen; Present-day Germany Researcher While Louis exempts all [Christian] citizens of Esslingen from the annual taxes by the power of this order, the Jews are required to continue to submit their taxes – not to him, but to the city for the purpose of its rebuilding efforts.

1. Full Date of Act	Apr. 12, 1330
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’) announces to the city-councils in Erfurt, Mühlhausen, and Nordhausen that he is letting the Margrave Frederick of Meissen have the Jews in this Margrave's lands/domains and in the aforementioned cities for the duration of his life-time so that he (the Margrave) can tax them and rule over them as an emperor would […] and orders the cities to be helpful to the Margrave in that matter.
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 old text which can be found in Rudolphi’s Gotha Diplomatica (Volume V).

1. Full Date of Act	May 24, 1330
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Writ of Emperor Louis IV
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	Emperor Louis confirms [to give] the citizens Hanemann of Worms […] 58 Pound (‘Pfund’) Heller from the revenues of the Jews in Speyer.
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);
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 text both of which can be found in the cited source. The original writ is located in the City-Archive of Speyer.

1. Full Date of Act	Jun. 8, 1330
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 pawns/transfers (‘versezet’) the Jews of Augsburg to Peter Hoheneck for 300 Mark silver [… and orders] that they are to give him annually sixty* Pound Augsburger pennies (‘Pfund Ausbuger Pfennige’) [… and Louis gives Hoheneck another] one hundred Mark silver, for which the Jews are to give [another] 20 Pound [Ausburger] pennies (‘Pfund Ausbuger Pfennige’) [annually…]
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 Oefele’s Rerum Boicarum Scriptores (Volume I). *According to Oefele, Jews were ordered to pay ‘eighty’ Pound of Augsburger pennies per year, while Wiener’s and Böhmer’s texts both read ‘sixty’ pounds.

1. Full Date of Act	Jul. 26, 1330
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Official Announcement” of Emperor Louis IV (the Bavarian)
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Holy Roman Empire
4. Text of Act	We, Louis (‘Ludowig’), Roman Emperor by the grace of God, […] announce to all who see, hear or read this letter, that we are lending 24 Jews along with all their uses (benefits), rights and services to the nobleman Count William of Katzenlnbogen (‘Wilhalme graven von Chatzenellenbogen’) our dear faithful and his heir to keep in their cities, […] or anywhere [they please] within their domain […] The above we certify with this letter and Our Imperial seal. […]
5. Source	Marburg, StA, Urk. 54, Nr. 217, Orig. (A), dt., Perg., Darmstadt, StA, A 14, Nr. 476 (Fotokipie); (“Marburg, City Archive, [Official] Document 54, No. 217, Orig[inal] (A), German, [on] Parchment Paper; Darmstadt, City Archive, A 14, No. 476 (Photo-Copy)”)
6. Researcher & Translator	Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation	2017
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Jul. 28, 1330
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 gives Bishop Gerlach of Worms and the knight Hartmund von Cronberg and his heirs 1200 Pound (‘Pfund’) Heller and pledges to him 80 Pound (‘Pfund’) Heller [annually] from the Jews of the empire in Ladenburg […] to be collected until he or his successors redeem them (Jews) […]
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 Oefele’s Rerum Boicarum Scriptores (Volume I).

1. Full Date of Act	Jul. 29, 1330
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	We, Louis, Roman Emperor by the grace of God […] announce publicly to those who see or hear [or] read this letter and that we give the nobleman Waldgrave John (‘Johnnß der Wildgraff’) and his heirs, the Duke to Salm, for the services/aid they have bestowed upon the empire […] permission to have/keep fifteen Jews in their domain or fortress, or wherever they wish [to use to their advantage …] until we revoke [this permission …]
5. Source	Lünig, Johann Christian: Spicilegii Secularis des Teutschen Reichs-Archivs. Anderer Theil. (Gleaning of secular [writs] in the German Imperial-Archive. [The] Other part. [Vol 23]); (Leipzig; 1720);
6. Researcher & Translator	Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation	2020
8. Notes	None

1. Full Date of Act	Aug. 6, 1330
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Writ” of Martinus of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual (‘Minoritenordens’)
3. Geography of Act	Europe (multi-countries)
4. Text of Act	Martinus, the acting head (‘Verweser’) of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual of Bohemia and Poland gifts to the convent of St. Clara in Znojmo part of the gardens, which reaches all the way to where it faces the wall that leads to the Jewish-square (‘Ringplatz’) and orders that the door in this wall, which was intended for Jews, be closed and that another one be created next to the tower instead.
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)
6. Researcher & Translator	Ziba Shadjaani
7. Year of Research & Translation	2019
8. Notes	Editor Present-day Czech Republic, Germany, Poland Researcher This is a translation of a German summary of the original Latin text. The original can be found in Volume VI of the "Codex diplomaticus et epistolaris Moraviae." The Latin document was written and signed in Znojmo.