MISHPATO SHEL BARUKH: HA-PROTOKOL HA-RISHON SHEL SHEFITAT ANUS BIFENE HA-INKVIZITSYAH, 1320 = THE CASE OF BARUCH; THE EARLIEST REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF A JEW BY THE INQUISITION (1320)
Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan Univ. 1974. Item #35013
Original Cloth. 8vo. XVIII, 121, [2] pages. 24 cm. First edition. In Hebrew, with summary in English. Concerns the trial of Baruch, a German Jew living in Toulouse, who was forcibly baptized after a pogrom, and then tried in the court of Jacques Fournier, bishop of Pamiers, later Pope Benedict XII, who had previously had the Talmud publicly burned in Pamiers. The author discusses not only the trial and its significance, but also the wave of anti-Jewish pogroms and movements in this period in France and Grenada. Subjects: Jews - Persecutions - France. Inquisition - France - Pamiers. Baruch, active 1320. France - History - Medieval period, 987-1515. Light soiling to jacket, overall very clean and fresh. Very good condition. (SEF-51-40).
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