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15th–17th centuries

Johannes Pfefferkorn obtains from Maximilian I the seizure of Hebrew books from the Rhineland

1509·Cologne

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Johannes Pfefferkorn obtained from Maximilien Iᵉʳ the order to seize and destroy the Hebrew books of the Rhineland.

Pfefferkorn was a convert who, driven by the Dominicans of Cologne, maintained that the books of Judaism contained blasphemies against Christ and should be burned. The seizure began; it was against it that the humanist Johannes Reuchlin, the first Christian Hebraist in Germany, took a stand, arguing that one could not condemn books one had not read.

The quarrel that followed occupied all of learned Germany for ten years, set universities and Rome against each other, and was one of the episodes that prepared the Reformation; the books were finally returned.

Period :
15th–17th centuries
Type :
Massacre
Region :
Western Europe
Country :
Allemagne
Sources

Dossier de la querelle Reuchlin-Pfefferkorn ; Ouvrages sur les hébraïsants chrétiens.

At the same place7

  1. Mai-juin 1096The archbishop disperses the community in seven neighboring towns; the crusaders massacre them one by one in Juneplusieurs centaines
  2. 1146Preaching of the monk Raoulinconnu
  3. 1349Black Death massacresinconnu
  4. 1424Expulsion of the Jews of Colognetoll not established
  5. 9-10 nov. 1938Kristallnacht in Colognebilan non établi
  6. 21 oct. 1941First convoy departed from Colognebilan non établi
  7. Déc. 1959 – janv. 1960Wave of antisemitic desecrationstoll not established

In the same country298

  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. 3 mai 1096Sabbath attack by the crusaders of Emicho of Flonheim; Bishop Jean shelters the survivors in his castles and has murderers executed11
  5. 27 mai 1096Assault on the palace of Archbishop Ruthard~1 100
  6. Juin 1096The refugees of Cologne take their own lives in the refectory hall at the moment of the Sabbath mealinconnu
  7. Juin 1096Jews driven into the Danube and forcibly baptized en masse; Henry IV would later permit them to return to Judaismtoute la communauté baptisée
  8. Juin 1096Massacre of Cologne refugees in the Middle Rhine towninconnu

And 290 more in the catalogue.

Event 688 of 2483, in chronological order · 15th–17th centuries: 278 events in the catalogue

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