1215 ⟶ Fourth Lateran Council's Decree on Jewish Dress

The Fourth Lateran Council headed by Pope Innocent III decla...

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📜 Third Lateran Council Restricts Jewish Rights

The Third Council of the Lateran, Canon 26, forbids Jews to be plaintiffs or witnesses against Christians in the courts or withhold inheritance from descendants who had accepted Christianity.⟶

Catholic ChurchMedieval PeriodReligious LawDiscriminationLegal RestrictionsCouncil of the LateranAntisemitism12th Century

Italy

👗 Fourth Lateran Council's Decree on Jewish Dress

The Fourth Lateran Council headed by Pope Innocent III declares: "Jews and Saracens of both sexes in every Christian province and at all times shall be marked off in the eyes of the public from other peoples through the character of their dress." (Canon 68). See Judenhut. The Fourth Lateran Council also noted that the Jews' own law required the wearing of identifying symbols. Pope Innocent III also reiterated papal injunctions against forcible conversions, and added: "No Christian shall do the Jews any personal injury...or deprive them of their possessions...or disturb them during the celebration of their festivals...or extort money from them by threatening to exhume their dead."⟶

Medieval PeriodCatholic ChurchLateran CouncilCanon LawJewish IdentityClothingSegregationInnocent III

📜 Council of Oxford Restricts Jewish Rights

Council of Oxford: Archbishop of Canterbury Stephen Langton forbids Jews from building new synagogues, owning slaves or mixing with Christians.⟶

Medieval PeriodCouncil of OxfordSynagogueEconomic RestrictionsStephen LangtonSegregation

United Kingdom