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1. Full Date of Act	Oct. 23, 1340
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Order” of Count Walram of Sponheim-Kreuznach
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; House of Sponheim
4. Text of Act	[…] 5) Count [Sponheim-Keuznach] orders the Jews - who belong to him - to be led out of Kirchberg at night, while Jews (‘Erbjuden’), who have settled there under the protection of Archbishop Balduins and all other Jews who live there, to be killed. […]
5. Source	Koblenz, LHA, 1 A 5042, Orig., dt., Perg. [Original Text]; Medieval Ashkenaz: Corpus der Quellen zur Geschichte der Juden in Spätmittelalterlichen Reich; Quellen zur Geschichte der Juden in Erzbistum Mainz (1273-1347); (Corpus of the Sources on the History of the Jews in the Late Middle Ages; Sources on the History of Jews in Archbishopric of Mainz (1273-1347) [Summary of Text]);
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8. Notes	Researcher This deplorable massacre was ordered by Count Sponheim with the intention of wiping out the debt he owed to Jews and in order to appropriate their entire property. It is said that Count Sponheim’s servant went from door to door to lay claim to the belonging of the Jews of Sponheim. Also, this passage - originally written in old German - has been paraphrased in an effort to abbreviate the very long original text.

1. Full Date of Act	1341 C.E.
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Legislation” in the Second Oath Book of the City of Cologne
3. Geography of Act	Electorate of Cologne; Present-day Germany [Provisional]
4. Text of Act	“[…] the [City] Council no longer permits a Jew or a Jewess or anyone else on their behalf to purchase any items of inheritance (inherited estates) from Christians, except with the explicit authorization of the City Council. […]”
5. Source	Akten zur Geschichte der Verfassung und Verwaltung 1, Nr. 20, S. 31 f.; Zwei Cölner Eidbücher, S. 100; Quellen zur Geschichte der Stadt Köln 1, S. 19 (“Records on the History and Constitution and Administration 1, No. 20, p. 31 f.; Two Oath Book of Cologne, p. 100; Sources on the History of the City of Cologne 1, p. 19”);
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1. Full Date of Act	Apr. 3, 1341
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Official Announcement” issued by the Bailiff Gottfried von Eppenstein and his Wife Lorette
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt and Wetterau
4. Text of Act	[The Bailiff] Gottfried V. von Eppenstein and his wife Lorette announce the transfer of the Jews of Frankfurt worth 108 Pounds Heller to Count Engelbrecht von Zeigenhain Jr. [among other things] to settle their debt to him and their daughter. […]
5. Source	Wiesbaden, HStA, Abt. 331 Nr. 54, Abschr., dt. Papier (“Main City Archive of Wiesbaden, Department 331 No. 54, Copy, German, [on] Paper”);
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1. Full Date of Act	Apr. 18, 1341
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Writ” of John of Bohemia
3. Geography of Act	Europe (multi-countries)
4. Text of Act	King John permits the citizens/townsmen of the city of [Budweis] to accept two Jews in their city who are to pay a tribute/tax for the maintenance and building of the city walls. […].
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	Editor Present-day Czech Republic, Germany, Poland; Kingdom of Bohemia Researcher While this writ may appear pro-Jewish in nature, it did in fact limit the number of Jews that could settle in [Budweis]. In a second royal letter, King John permits the city to allow two more Jews to settle in the same city.

1. Full Date of Act	May 3, 1341
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Writ” issued by King John of Bohemia
3. Geography of Act	Kingdom of Bohemia
4. Text of Act	[As] John, by the grace of God, King of Bohemia, […We give] the Abby and Convent to the Cloister in Waldsassen salvation with an abundance of good [will]! Since you have fallen into great poverty due to the interests charged by the Eger Jews, and have become very poor under such pressure, […] We wish to graciously pardon you and place favor on you, so that you […] may and shall legally sue each one of those Jews for all interests which they have received from you or the cloister […and assure you] that by doing so, you’re not violating that which is Ours. We also promise you and the lords not to stand in your way when you take them [interests] back, but to rather assist you […]. That is why we deign to place our seal on this letter as witness. […].
5. Source	Geschichte des Egerlandes (bis 1437) von Heinrich Gradl. Mit Unterstützung der Gesellschaft zur Förderung deutscher Wissenschaft, Kunst und Literatur in Böhmen. (Prag;1893); (History of Egerland* (until 1437) by Heinrich Gradl. With the support the Society for the Promotion of German Science, Art and Literature in Bohemia.); (Prague; 1893)
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8. Notes	Researcher The letter was drafted and signed in Prague.

1. Full Date of Act	Oct. 16, 1341
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Writ” of King John of Bohemia
3. Geography of Act	Kingdom of Bohemia; Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	King John of Bohemia gifts the citizens of Neumark in Silesia an annual revenue of 5 mark Prague groschen for 10 years which they may raise from the local Jews in order to fortify/secure the city with a proper wall.
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 The above is a translation of a German summary of the original Latin text.

1. Full Date of Act	1342 C.E.
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Regulation” issued by the Councilmen of Salzwedel
3. Geography of Act	Hanseatic League; Present-day Germany [Provisional]
4. Text of Act	“[…] Jews residing in Salzwedel shall only slaughter [animals] between Walburgistag (May 1) and Martinstag/Saint Martin’s Day (November 11) which they may only do for their own use, but not for foreign Jews or for the sale at the markets. […] between Gall’s day (October 16) and St. Martin’s Day, they can slaughter [anything] and sell whatever they cannot use. [After November 11, however] no slaughtering may be done as per the guidelines of the city. Any unlawfully slaughtered [animal] shall be confiscated and sent to the sick; Jews, who act in violation of this provision, will be persecuted in court. […]”
5. Source	Salzwedel, StadtA (Salzwedel, City Archive), Rep. II, C, I, Nr/No. 6, XIII, [Innenseite des Einbands (Inside of the Cover)], Stadtbucheintrag (City-book entry), Latin.
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1. Full Date of Act	Feb. 2, 1342
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 confirms via this writ] that - in good council - We have come to an agreement with the Jewry in the empire in that each Jew and Jewess, who is a widow, and above the age of twelve, and holds assets worth more than twenty Gulden, is to give annually one Gulden as a body-tax (‘Zinß Von iren Leib’) [… and orders the city of Rotenburg to dutifully help him with the (worth-) estimation of the local Jews …]
5. Source	Historische Untersuchungen über die ehemalige Reichsstadt Rotenburg oder die Geschichte der deutschen Gemeinde aus urkundlichen Quellen bearbeitet von Dr. Heinrich Wilhelm Bensen. (Nürnberg; 1837); (Historical examination regarding the Imperial City of Rotenburg or the history of the German community from official sources/writs compiled/edited by Heinrich Wilhelm Bensen, PhD.) (Nuremberg; 1837)
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1. Full Date of Act	Feb. 3, 1342
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Order issued by Ludwig the Bavarian
3. Geography of Act	Germany
4. Text of Act	[…] we came to an agreement with the Jews in the kingdom, that every Jew and every Jewish woman, who is a widow, those who are of the age 12 and older and also have twenty florins, have to give us a florin every year […]. Muenchen 1342
5. Source	Bensen, Heinrich, Historische Untersuchungen über die ehemalige Reichsstadt Rotenburg, Nürnberg 1837, page 179f. Accessed online
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1. Full Date of Act	Jun. 20, 1342
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, orders the following […] in order that the Jews and Christians in the Imperial City of Nördlingen can live in peace together […] 1) The Jews who live in Nördlingen are to have two or three of their own meat-banks […] called Jewish-banks (‘Juden bench’) […]. Jews may only sell the meat butchered in their meat-banks among themselves but not to Christians. No one may sell any meat Jews have butchered to the meat-banks of Christians, neither publicly nor secretly. Anyone who violates this order is to pay for each cattle one Pound (‘Pfund’) Heller and for each calf 60 Heller [and for each] sheep or goat the same as fine to the Christian community […].
5. Source	Medieval Ashkenaz: Corpus der Quellen zur Geschichte der Juden im Spätmittlealterlichen Reich (Corpus of the Sources on the History of Jews in the Late Middles Ages); (Sources regarding the history of the Jews in the Swabian imperial towns Esslingen - Ulm - Nördlingen. 1, Nr. 47.); www.medieval-ashkenaz.org.
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8. Notes	Researcher The above writ has been abbreviated to fit the allocated space and also contains some rescission of earlier restriction. For instance, Louis permits Jews to purchase cattle in the city at any time of the day. The original writ is located in the City Archive of Nördlingen.

1. Full Date of Act	Dec. 10, 1342
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	"Privilege" issued by Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV and addressed to the city of Hall
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	We, Louis, Roman Emperor by the grace of God […] announce publicly and order that we have bestowed great grace upon the people, the Schultheiß*, and the [City] Council together in that we wish that the Jews of Hall, who are already there or who may come there in the future, are to loan the Pound (‘Pfund’) Heller for two Heller per week, and that they are not to request or pressure anyone to give more […] this We command from these [aforementioned] Jews, Our chamber-servants […]
5. Source	Lünig, Johann Christian: Das Deutschen Reichs-Archiv. Band 13. (Leipzig; 1714); (The German Imperial Archive. Volume 13.) (Leipzig; 1714)
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8. Notes	Researcher *A Schultheiss/Schultheiß was the head of the municipality in medieval Germany.

1. Full Date of Act	1343 C.E.
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Regulation” of Altstadt (“Old District/City”) of Salzwedel
3. Geography of Act	Hanseatic League; Present-day Germany [Provisional]
4. Text of Act	“[…] that the Jews who reside in our city may only slaughter [animals] for their own use starting on “Dionysiustag (October 16) for four weeks but not for foreign Jews.”
5. Source	Salzwedel, StadtA (“Salzwedel, City Archive”), Rep. II, I, C, Nr./No. 3, fol. 52 v, Stadtbucheintrag (City-book entry), Latin.
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1. Full Date of Act	Feb. 5, 1343
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	Order issued by Ludwig the Bavarian
3. Geography of Act	Germany
4. Text of Act	[…]We confide with this letter that we relieve Johann Burggraf and his heirs from all his debts. […] For the above-mentioned Jews, as well as other Jews, belong to us and the kingdom. And we can do with their lives and property what we want and whatever we wish.
5. Source	Spiess, Philipp, Archivische Nebenarbeiten und Nachrichten vermischten Inhalts mit Urkunden 1, 1783, page 118f, Accessed online
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1. Full Date of Act	Apr. 7, 1343
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Regulation” of the Councilmen of the ancient city of Berlin (new and old)
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Margraviate of Brandenburg
4. Text of Act	[…] Jews of Berlin are not permitted to move in across/next door to Christian cattle traders or at the markets […] they are only to purchase healthy and young – but no too young – cattle at the markets in return for an annual fee. […] Jews are not permitted to sell the meat in pieces smaller than a quarter of the animal. Buyers of the meat are only permitted to purchase such meat for their own use.
5. Source	Regesten der Urkunden zur Geschichte von Berlin/Cölln (“Registry of the Documents/Certificates Regarding the History of Berlin/Cologne”), Nr./No. 42, S./p. 69 f.; Urkundenbestand des Stadtarchivs Berlin (Certificate Stock of the City Archive of Berlin), Nr./No. 54, S./p. 103; Zum Codex diplomaticus, S./p. 22; Fidicin, Chronik (1868), Sp./Column 80.
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8. Notes	Researcher The City of Berlin permitted Jews to slaughter and sell cattle meat publically in return for an annual interest (to be paid to the city). However, to ensure that this permission did not damage the business of the Christian bone-hewers (who were protected by their guilds) this new regulation was issued.

1. Full Date of Act	May 19, 1343
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Special Taxation of Jews” issued by Markgrave Ludwig/Louis I (the Elder) of Brandenburg
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Margraviate of Brandenburg
4. Text of Act	[We] Ludowicus/Ludwig/Louis, by the Grace of God, […] to all Jews of the City of Printzlaw and Pozewalk […] you are bound to give us a contribution of ten silver Marks on the day of the feast of St. Martin’s […].
5. Source	Wien, HHStA (Vienna, HH City Archive), Handschriften Blau (Handwritten documents blue) 126, fol. ad 16, Nr./No. 62, Abschr. (Registereintrag/Register entry), Latin.
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1. Full Date of Act	Dec. 29, 1343
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Writ” of Margrave Charles (‘Wenceslaus’) of Moravia
3. Geography of Act	Margraviate of Moravia; Present-day Czech Republic
4. Text of Act	Margrave Charles (‘Wenceslaus’) of Moravia gifts the annual tax, which the local Jews who live there pay, to the city of [Hradisch/Magyarhradis] so that they can [re]build the city walls […].
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 This is a translation of a German summary of the Latin text. The original can be found in Volume VII of the “Codex diplomaticus et epistolaris Moraviae.” The Latin document was written and signed in Brno. Margrave Charles became King of Bohemia in 1347; King of the Romans in 1346; and was finally crowned Holy Roman Empire and King of Italy in 1355.

1. Full Date of Act	Jul. 20, 1344
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, ensures/appeases the [City] Council of Nuremberg, that in the future, neither He nor His [heirs/family] will aid in any way to see the house of a Christian falls into the hands of a Jew […]
5. Source	Würfel, Andreas: Historische Nachrichten von der Juden-Gemeinde, welche ehehin in der Reichsstadt Nürnberg angericht gewesen, aber anno 1499 ausgeschaffet worden. (Nüremberg; 1755); (Historical News of the Jewish Community that was once established in the Imperial City of Nuremberg but was abolished in the year 1499.); (Nuremberg; 1755)
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8. Notes	Researcher The above is a summary of the original old text both of which can be found in the cited source.

1. Full Date of Act	1345
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	"Expulsion of Jews from Kurpfalz" Issued by Ruprecht II
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	Commentary from other sources: 1) Needing money to force his election and eventually coronation, the "contending King" Karl iV found himself in need of a lot of money. He considered the Jews to be the means to achieve this goal. He turned Jews into objects, considered them property and extended his claim for their taxation. Löwenstein, Leopold: Beiträge zur Geschichte der Juden in Deutschland (Band 1): Geschichte der Juden in der Kurpfalz: nach gedruckten und ungedruckten Quellen dargest. Frankfurt a. M. (1895) p. 16
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1. Full Date of Act	Apr. 12, 1345
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Writ” of Duke Wenceslaus and Louis I of Legnica
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Poland; Duchy of Legnica
4. Text of Act	[…] the Dukes of Legnica […] permit the citizens of Legnica to take stones/bricks from the Jewish cemetery for the building of a city wall […]
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. 906 bis 1576. (Prag; 1906); (Regarding the history of Jews in Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia from 906 to 1620. Published by Gottlieb Bondy, fo[rmer] President of the Trade and Commerce and Industry in Prague. Prepared for publication and supplemented by Franz Dworsky, fo[rmer] Director of the National Archives of the Kingdom of Bohemia. I. 906 to 1576.); (Prague; 1906);
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8. Notes	Researcher This is a translation of a German summary of the original Latin text. The full Latin text can be found in Urkudensammlung zur Geschichte des Ursprungs der Städte und der Einführung und Verbreitung Deutscher Kolonisten und Rechte in Schlesien und der Ober-Lausitz, von Gustav Adolf Tzschoppe […] and Gustav Adolf Stenzel (Collection of historical documents regarding the historical beginnings of cities and for the introduction and dissemination of German colonists and Laws in Silesia and Upper-Lausitz (Reichenbach/Oberlausitz) by Gustav Adolf Tzschoppe […] and Gustav Adolf Stenzel”); (Hamburg; 1832)

1. Full Date of Act	Jul. 19, 1345
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Diocesan Synod of Strasbourg” held under Bishop Berthold II v. Buchegg
3. Geography of Act	Present-day France; Free Imperial City of Strasbourg
4. Text of Act	[…] In addition, all prelates are prohibited from taking on debts with interest from Jews without the consent of their chapter or religious convention, and that religious communities cannot be obliged to pay back the loans that have been borrowed by their leaders. No one who has vouched for such debts ought to have legal or binding recourse against the religious communities (monasteries) or their superiors/prelates. Any obligation and penalties incurrent under any powers are declared null and void. All judges are prohibited to proceed against such guarantees at the request and insistence of the Jews. Notaries and seal carriers are strictly prohibited from drafting and sealing such contracts under the threat of loss of their office position. […].
5. Source	Medieval Ashkenaz: Corpus der Quellen zur Geschichte der Juden im Spätmittlealterlichen Reich; Synoden und Konzilien 1, Nr. 14 (“Corpus of the Sources on the History of Jews in the Late Middles Ages; Synods and Councils 1, No. 14”).
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8. Notes	Researcher The orders of the Synod of Strasbourg from 1310 (that chalices are not to be pawned off to Jews) are repeated here again.

1. Full Date of Act	Aug. 17, 1345
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Official Announcement” of Archbishop Heinrich III of Mainz
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany; Bishopric of Mainz
4. Text of Act	[…We] purchase from the brothers Johann and Friedrich, […] with the consent of the schoolmaster Kuno of Falkenstein, the cantor Reinhard, and the entire chapter at Mainz, their shares of the castle and town of Salza and the village of Merxleben. […] And they are to take [as payment] 3500 Marks […] silver […] 80 Marks of which are to come from the annual taxes (‘Gülten’) and from the Jews. […]
5. Source	Würzburg, StA, Mainzer Ingrossaturbuch 3, fol. 172r-173v, Abschr., dt., Papier; (“Würzburg, City Archive, Ingrossatur-book of Mainz 3, fol. 172r-173v; Copy, German, [on] Paper");
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1. Full Date of Act	Aug. 25, 1345
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Writ” of Margrave Charles (‘Wenceslaus’) of Moravia to the City of Jihlava
3. Geography of Act	Margraviate of Moravia; Present-day Czech Republic
4. Text of Act	[…] However, [if the citizens of Jihlava] decide openly or secretly to cause/prompt the Jews to move back to the places from which they came, or wherever the citizens of Jihlava deem to be the most appropriate/suitable for them, they will not fall out of favor [with the king…]
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 While Margrave Charles’s writ starts off pro-Jewish and ends on that note, it also contains anti-Jewish sentiments as seen in the above excerpt. The original can be found in Volume VII of the “Codex diplomaticus et epistolaris Moraviae.”

1. Full Date of Act	Sep. 27, 1345
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Writ” of King John of Bohemia
3. Geography of Act	Kingdom of Bohemia
4. Text of Act	King John of Bohemia permits the City Council of Wroclaw to remove and reuse any stones found in the Jewish cemetery, may they be found laying on the ground or buried in/under the soil in order to the restore the city wall.
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. 906 bis 1576. (Prag; 1906); (Regarding the history of Jews in Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia from 906 to 1620. Published by Gottlieb Bondy, fo[rmer] President of the Trade and Commerce and Industry in Prague. Prepared for publication and supplemented by Franz Dworsky, fo[rmer] Director of the National Archives of the Kingdom of Bohemia. I. 906 to 1576.); (Prague; 1906)
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8. Notes	Researcher This is a translation of a German summary of the original Latin text which was signed in Prag. The full Latin text can be found in Archiv für Kunde österreichischer Geschichts-Quellen. Herausgegeben von der zur Pflege vaterländischer Geschichte aufgestellten Commission der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Einunddreissigster Band. (Wien; 1864); (Archive for the lore of Austrian historical sources. Published by the Commission for the Imperial Academy of Sciences, established for the care/maintenance of patriotic history. Thirty-first volume. (Vienna; 1864)).

1. Full Date of Act	1346
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	"Jurisdiction over Jews"
3. Geography of Act	Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	Commentary from other sources: 1) "Kaiser Ludwig pawns the empirical use of the Jews in Speier and Worms for 6 years for a total sum of 2000 Mark." Löwenstein, Leopold: Beiträge zur Geschichte der Juden in Deutschland (Band 1): Geschichte der Juden in der Kurpfalz: nach gedruckten und ungedruckten Quellen dargest. Frankfurt a. M. (1895) p. 16
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1. Full Date of Act	Jun. 22, 1346
2. Name of Act (or Short Description)	“Concessions” of King Johan of Bohemia, Earl of Luxemburg
3. Geography of Act	Electorate of Cologne; Present-day Germany
4. Text of Act	We, Johan, King of Bohemia and Earl of Luxemburg by the grace of God […] 7) […] transform ownership of the Jews in the city of Cologne and in the Archbishopric of Cologne ('Erzstift') and the nearby regions ('Umkreis') which the Archbishopric has on loan from the empire ('riche/Reich') [permanently] to the Archbishop of Cologne which he should hold and keep. […]
5. Source	MGH Const. 8, Nr. 55, S. 78-83; UB zur Geschichte des Niederrheins 3, Nr. 433, S. 348-350; (“Monuments of Germanic History Const[itutions] 8, No. 55, p. 78-83; Certificate Book on the History of the Lower-Rhine 3, No. 433, p. 348-350”)
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