1244 ⟶ Pope Orders Burning of Talmud Copies
Pope Innocent IV orders Louis IX of France to burn all Talmu...
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📚 Talmud Burnings in Paris
Following a show trial, the Talmud is "convicted" of corrupting the Jews. 24 cart-loads of hand-written Talmudic manuscripts, some 10,000 volumes and comprising most of the extant volumes in France, are burned in the streets of Paris.⟶
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France🔥 Pope Orders Burning of Talmud Copies
Pope Innocent IV orders Louis IX of France to burn all Talmud copies.⟶
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📚 Pope Clement IV Assigns Talmud Censorship Committee
Pope Clement IV assigns Talmud censorship committee.⟶
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🔥 Pope Julius III Orders Talmud Burning
Pope Julius III forbids Talmud printing and orders burning of any copy found. Rome's Inquisitor-General, Cardinal Carafa (later Pope Paul IV) has Talmud publicly burnt in Rome on Rosh Hashanah, starting a wave of Talmud burning throughout Italy. About 12,000 copies were destroyed.⟶
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Italy📖 Pope Pius IV Allows Censored Talmud
Pope Pius IV allows Talmud on conditions that it is printed by a Christian and the text is censored.⟶
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