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13th–14th centuries

Massacres of Rintfleisch

1298·Neustadt an der Aisch

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

Neustadt an der Aisch, a market town in Middle Franconia, saw its community destroyed during the Rintfleisch summer. It is recorded in the Nuremberg Memorbuch.

The accusation of host desecration that opened these massacres was new: it does not appear in the Empire until the end of the thirteenth century, following the doctrine of the real presence. For three centuries, it would provide the pretext for most of the destruction of communities in German lands — even more so than the accusation of ritual murder, which had come from England.

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

Nürnberger Memorbuch ; chroniques franconiennes.

At the same place

The catalogue holds no other event at Neustadt an der Aisch.

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