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13th–14th centuries

Rintfleisch Massacres

1298·Möckmühl

Toll
inconnu

The toll is reproduced exactly as the source states it — never rounded, never added to another. Tolls overlap from one event to the next.

the community destroyed along the band's route, from the Tauber to the Main

The band of the knight Rintfleisch, setting out from Röttingen on the Tauber on the pretext of a desecrated host, destroyed the community of Möckmühl as it did those throughout the entire Main valley. The massacres of that summer struck more than a hundred localities in Franconia, Swabia, and Bavaria.

This is the first large-scale movement in which a popular band commanded by a minor nobleman methodically pursued the communities of a region, without any crusade or preaching to explain it. Emperor Adolphe de Nassau, occupied with defending his crown, did nothing; his successor Albert Iᵉʳ subsequently imposed fines on the guilty towns.

Period :
13th–14th centuries
Type :
Massacre
Region :
Western Europe
Country :
Allemagne
Sources

Nürnberger Memorbuch ; Germania Judaica ; chroniques franconiennes.

At the same place

The catalogue holds no other event at Möckmühl.

In the same country305

  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 297 more in the catalogue.

Event 248 of 2483, in chronological order · 13th–14th centuries: 398 events in the catalogue

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