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Early Middle Ages and Crusades

Jews sheltered in the palace of Archbishop Egilbert

1ᵉʳ juin 1096·Trèves

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inconnu

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suicides, drownings in the Moselle, forced baptisms of survivors

In Trèves, the most ancient city of Germany, the Jews took refuge with Archbishop Egilbert. He, pressed by the crowd and by his own clergy, ended up urging them himself to receive baptism in order to save their lives.

The Hebrew chronicles recount the days of this interior siege: women threw themselves into the Moselle with whatever they carried, others killed themselves in the halls of the palace, and those who yielded were led to the church. The account names one woman, Minna, hidden among Christians, to whom life and honors were promised if she consented: she refused.

A portion of the converts returned to Judaism the following year, under imperial authorization. The community of Trèves survived, and its medieval cemetery has yielded stones from the century that followed.

Period :
Early Middle Ages and Crusades
Type :
Forced conversion
Region :
Western Europe
Country :
Allemagne
Sources

Chroniques hébraïques de la Première croisade ; Gesta Treverorum.

At the same place1

  1. 1349Massacres of the Black Death in the Rhinelandinconnu

In the same country304

  1. 1012Expulsion of the community by Henri II; Gershom ben Juda, "light of the exile", loses his son there, forcibly convertedtoute la communauté
  2. 1096Massacres of the First Crusade in the Rhineland~800 à Worms, ~1 000 à Mayence ; total 5 000-12 000
  3. 18 et 25 mai 1096Two massacres~800
  4. Mai-juin 1096The archbishop disperses the community in seven neighboring towns; the crusaders massacre them one by one in Juneplusieurs centaines
  5. 3 mai 1096Sabbath attack by the crusaders of Emicho of Flonheim; Bishop Jean shelters the survivors in his castles and has murderers executed11
  6. 27 mai 1096Assault on the palace of Archbishop Ruthard~1 100
  7. Juin 1096The refugees of Cologne take their own lives in the refectory hall at the moment of the Sabbath mealinconnu
  8. Juin 1096Jews driven into the Danube and forcibly baptized en masse; Henry IV would later permit them to return to Judaismtoute la communauté baptisée

And 296 more in the catalogue.

Event 132 of 2483, in chronological order · Early Middle Ages and Crusades: 89 events in the catalogue

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